- confine someone/thing to
- keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).→ confine
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confine — verb kən fʌɪn (confine someone/thing to) keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time). ↘(be confined to) be unable to leave (one s bed, home, etc.) due to illness or disability. ↘(be confined) dated (of a … English new terms dictionary
shut someone/thing in/out — confine or exclude by closing something such as a door. → shut … English new terms dictionary
confine — confines, confining, confined (The verb is pronounced [[t]kənfa͟ɪn[/t]]. The noun confines is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱nfaɪnz[/t]].) 1) VERB To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or… … English dictionary
keep — verb (past and past participle kept) 1》 have or retain possession of. ↘retain or reserve for use in the future. ↘put or store in a regular place. ↘(of a perishable commodity) remain in good condition. 2》 continue or cause to continue… … English new terms dictionary
stick — stick1 noun 1》 a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. ↘a stick used for support in walking or as a weapon. ↘(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps. ↘Nautical, archaic a mast or spar. 2》 (in hockey,… … English new terms dictionary
shut — verb (shuts, shutting; past and past participle shut) 1》 move or cause to move into position to block an opening. ↘block an opening into (something) by moving a lid or similar participle ↘(usu. shut someone/thing in/out) confine or… … English new terms dictionary
Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… … History of philosophy
Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… … History of philosophy
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Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range … History of philosophy
