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▪ I. confining, vbl. n.|kənˈfaɪnɪŋ|
[f. confine v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. confine. †a. Bordering; b. Restricting within bounds.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 156 By reason of their neere and dangerous confining with the Great Turke. 1608Hieron Wks. I. 685 Set formes of prayer..are aiudged to be a kinde of confining and limiting of Gods Spirit.
▪ II. conˈfining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
†1. Bordering, neighbouring, adjoining, adjacent: cf. confine v. i. (Often placed after its noun, as a participle; cf. adjacent, adjoining.) Obs.
1597Daniel Civ. Wares iv. iii, To dallie with confining Potentates. 1605Camden Rem. 95 In Normandy and the countries confining. 1654Cokaine Dianea i. 57 To raise a great Army would..beget suspicion in his confining Princes.
2. That confines; bounding, limiting, restricting, etc.: see the verb.
1595Shakes. John ii. i. 338 Euen thy confining shores. a1691Boyle (J.), Make one man's fancies or failings, confining laws to others. 1887A. Austin Pr. Lucifer in Athenæum 3 Dec. 742/3 By whose fermenting may his fancy rise Beyond the level of confining fact. |