contain

contain is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. Milton.

[2] To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.

[3] To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king`s person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak.