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We think it necessary to detain you; but not necessary to confine or to maltreat you.
Nous avons jugé nécessaire de vous retenir, mais non de vous enfermer ou de vous maltraiter.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
I once used to think that the worst hell in war was the flame of shells; and then for long I thought it was the suffocation of the caverns which eternally confine us.
À une époque, je croyais que le pire enfer de la guerre ce sont les flammes des obus, puis j’ai pensé longtemps que c’était l’étouffement des souterrains qui se rétrécissent éternellement sur nous.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Delacroix also was ignorant of his profession in their eyes, simply because he could not confine himself to hard and fast rules!
Delacroix, aussi, ignorait son métier, parce qu’il ne pouvait s’enfermer dans la ligne exacte.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
We confine ourselves within a barren philosophy when we declare unknowable that which is only unknown as yet.
On se confine dans une philosophie stérile quand on déclare inconnaissable ce qui n'est pas connu encore.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
It is likewise essential not to confine possible actions to natural persons only but to provide for measures relating to the liability of legal persons.
Il est également primordial de ne pas limiter les actions possibles aux seules personnes physiques et de prévoir des mesures relatives à la responsabilité des personnes morales.
Abandoning, then, the idea of disputing the value of analogies now universally accepted, we will confine ourselves to the remark in passing that Hertzian waves are to electricity what radiant heat is to that circulating in matter.
Renonçant donc à contester la valeur d'analogies universellement acceptées maintenant, nous nous bornerons à remarquer, en passant, que les ondes hertziennes sont à l'électricité ce qu'est la chaleur rayonnante à celle qui] circule dans la matière.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
The SA was to confine its activities to political, not military, matters.
Les SA devaient se cantonner aux affaires politiques, plutôt que militaires.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 HubrisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 1998.
© Flammarion, 1999, pour la traduction francaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1889-1936 Hubris
Kershaw, Ian
© 1998 by Ian Kershaw
© 1939, 1943 by Houghton Mifflin Company
The general conclusions reached in each chapter of this book are so detailed that they cannot be reduced to a summary, and I shall accordingly confine myself to a few remarks with regard to them.
Les conclusions générales, de chacun des chapitres du présent livre étant trop spéciales pour être condensées en une vue d'ensemble, je me bornerai à quelques considérations.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Extend your power over him, confine his madness to a moral sphere just as we lock maniacs in a cell."
Etendez votre pouvoir comme il a su étendre, lui, les concessions que vous lui avez faites, et renfermez sa maladie dans une sphère morale, comme on renferme les fous dans une loge.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
The purpose of s. 13 is to confine activities relating to the artificial production of human life to places which have been licensed to perform such activities.
L'article 13 vise à faire en sorte que l'activité liée à la création artificielle de vie humaine ne soit exercée que dans un lieu autorisé.
Time and space are the two magnitudes in which we confine the universe.
Le temps et l'espace sont les deux grandeurs dans lesquelles nous enfermons l'univers.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
We must confine ourselves to noting the action of lines of force without being able to say anything regarding their structure.
Nous devons nous borner à constater l'action des lignes de force sans rien pouvoir dire de leur structure.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
However, it does not confine its ban on aerodromes to vacation areas.
Or, ce règlement ne se borne pas à interdire les aérodromes dans les zones de villégiature.
I shall confine myself to dividing the phenomena into four classes. The three first have long been known. The fourth is due to my researches.
Nous nous bornerons à répartir les phénomènes en quatre classes ; les trois premières connues depuis longtemps, la quatrième est due à nos recherches.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
In order to restrict the movements of funds to that which is necessary for the implementation of the budget, the Community must confine itself to drawing on the abovementioned accounts solely to cover the Commission's cash requirements.
Pour restreindre les mouvements de fonds à ce qui est nécessaire à l'exécution du budget, la Communauté doit se limiter à effectuer des prélèvements sur les comptes précités pour couvrir les seuls besoins de trésorerie de la Commission.

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confine to barracks
consigner
confined space
espace clos
confined space
espace confiné

Word forms

confine

verb
Basic forms
Pastconfined
Imperativeconfine
Present Participle (Participle I)confining
Past Participle (Participle II)confined
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I confinewe confine
you confineyou confine
he/she/it confinesthey confine
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am confiningwe are confining
you are confiningyou are confining
he/she/it is confiningthey are confining
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have confinedwe have confined
you have confinedyou have confined
he/she/it has confinedthey have confined
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been confiningwe have been confining
you have been confiningyou have been confining
he/she/it has been confiningthey have been confining
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I confinedwe confined
you confinedyou confined
he/she/it confinedthey confined
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was confiningwe were confining
you were confiningyou were confining
he/she/it was confiningthey were confining
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had confinedwe had confined
you had confinedyou had confined
he/she/it had confinedthey had confined
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been confiningwe had been confining
you had been confiningyou had been confining
he/she/it had been confiningthey had been confining
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will confinewe shall/will confine
you will confineyou will confine
he/she/it will confinethey will confine
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be confiningwe shall/will be confining
you will be confiningyou will be confining
he/she/it will be confiningthey will be confining
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have confinedwe shall/will have confined
you will have confinedyou will have confined
he/she/it will have confinedthey will have confined
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been confiningwe shall/will have been confining
you will have been confiningyou will have been confining
he/she/it will have been confiningthey will have been confining
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would confinewe should/would confine
you would confineyou would confine
he/she/it would confinethey would confine
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be confiningwe should/would be confining
you would be confiningyou would be confining
he/she/it would be confiningthey would be confining
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have confinedwe should/would have confined
you would have confinedyou would have confined
he/she/it would have confinedthey would have confined
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been confiningwe should/would have been confining
you would have been confiningyou would have been confining
he/she/it would have been confiningthey would have been confining
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am confinedwe are confined
you are confinedyou are confined
he/she/it is confinedthey are confined
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being confinedwe are being confined
you are being confinedyou are being confined
he/she/it is being confinedthey are being confined
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been confinedwe have been confined
you have been confinedyou have been confined
he/she/it has been confinedthey have been confined
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was confinedwe were confined
you were confinedyou were confined
he/she/it was confinedthey were confined
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being confinedwe were being confined
you were being confinedyou were being confined
he/she/it was being confinedthey were being confined
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been confinedwe had been confined
you had been confinedyou had been confined
he/she/it had been confinedthey had been confined
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be confinedwe shall/will be confined
you will be confinedyou will be confined
he/she/it will be confinedthey will be confined
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been confinedwe shall/will have been confined
you will have been confinedyou will have been confined
he/she/it will have been confinedthey will have been confined

confine

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseconfineconfines
Possessive caseconfine'sconfines'