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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confined
adj
  1. not invading healthy tissue
    Antonym(s): invasive
  2. not free to move about
    Antonym(s): unconfined
  3. being in captivity
    Synonym(s): captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Confine \Con*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confined}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Confining}.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL.
      confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See
      {Final}, {Finish}.]
      To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
      to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
  
               Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined!
               let order die!                                       --Shak.
  
               He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
               the slavery of rhyme.                              --Dryden.
  
      {To be confined}, to be in childbed.
  
      Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
               circumscribe; restrict.
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