Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'FINE
CON'FINE, v.i. [Fr. confiner; Sp. confinar; It. confinare.]
To border on; to touch the limit; to be adjacent or contiguous, as one territory, kingdom or state to another; usually followed by on; sometimes by with. England confines on Scotland. Connecticut confines on Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and the Sound.
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