Part 2267

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Confinement</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fine"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.</def>

<blockquote>The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under <b>confinement</b> when the sight is pent up. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.</def>

<h1>Confiner</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fin"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, limits or restrains.</def>

<h1>Confiner</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con"fi`ner</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Happy <b>confiners</b> you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confinity</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>confinit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Community of limits; contiguity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Confirm</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*firm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Confrmed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Confirming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>confermen</ets>, <ets>confirmen</ets>, OF. <ets>confermer</ets>, F. <ets>confirmer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>confirmare</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>firmare</ets> to make firm, fr. <ets>firmus</ets> firm. See <er>Firm</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; <as>as, health is <ex>confirmed</ex> by exercise</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Confirm</b> the crown to me and to mine heirs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Annd <b>confirmed</b> the same unto Jacob for a law. <i>Ps. cv. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strengthen in judgment or purpose.</def>

<blockquote><b>Confirmed</b>, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; <as>as, to <ex>confirm</ex> a rumor</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Your eyes shall witness and <b>confirm</b> my tale. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These likelihoods <b>confirm</b> her flight. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; <as>as, to <ex>confirm</ex> the appoinment of an official; the Senate <ex>confirms</ex> a treaty.</as></def>

<blockquote>That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than <b>confimed</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>To administer the rite of confirmation to. See <er>Confirmation</er>, 3.</def>

<blockquote>Those which are thus <b>confirmed</b> are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.</syn>