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restrain


restrain is a   Verb

Definition:

[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. [Obs.] 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.


Synonyms:

check
coerce
curb
hinder
limit
repress
restrict
stop
suppress
withhold
confin

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