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Webster's English Dictionary

restrain

v. t. [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. ()

Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! (Shak.)

2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. (Shak.)

3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. ()

Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. (Clarendon.)

4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. (Trench.)

Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. (I. Watts.)

5. To withhold; to forbear. ()

Thou restrained prayer before God. (Job. xv. 4.)

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