RESTRAIN
\ɹɪstɹˈe͡ɪn], \ɹɪstɹˈeɪn], \ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of RESTRAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
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To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
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To limit; to confine; to restrict.
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To withhold; to forbear.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
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To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
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To limit; to confine; to restrict.
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To withhold; to forbear.
By Noah Webster.
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To check; to hold back; as, to restrain one's feelings; to limit; set bounds to; as, to restrain a people's liberty.
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Restrainer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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