confine

Definition

To have a common boundary with; to border on.

Etymology

From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.

Example Sentences

• "Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven"
• "Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three."
• "‘Why, Sir, to be sure, such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany, will borrow German words; and such parts as confine with Tartary will borrow Tartar words.’"