confinableadj.
/kənˈfʌɪnəb(ə)l/ To be confined, capable of confinement.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > able to be
limitable1577
confinable1610
boundable1667
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > able to be
confinable1610
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [adjective] > enclosed or confined > able to be
confinable1854
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iii. v. 74 Regall Chiualrie is solely confineable to the King.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 18 It were some extenuation of the curse, if in sudore vultus tui, were confineable unto corporall exercitations. View more context for this quotation
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 90 There is infinite vertue in the Almighty, not confinable to any limits.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 181 Gases that are confinable by water.
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