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shut in

shut in } shut into } (v.):

1. inclūdo, si, sum, 3 (with in and abl. or acc., rarely with simple abl., acc., or dat.): to s. in armed men in the s. of Concord, armatos in cella Concordiae i., Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31: to s. any one up in prison, aliquem in carcerem i., Liv. 38, 59, fin.: s. in with walls, parietibus inclusi, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, init.: part s. themselves in, pars sese incluserunt, Liv. 36, 16.

2. sometimes expr. by sēpio, psi, ptum, 4: circumvĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: v. TO SURROUND.

3. also coerceo, cui, cĭtum, 2 (to keep within limits, confine): a river s. in by no banks, amnis nullis coercitus ripis, Liv. 21, 31: the enemy is s. in between the walls, intra muros coercetur hostis, id. 5, 5.

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