Re*strain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Restrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Restraining.] [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.
[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.
Syn. -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.
Re*strain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Restrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Restraining.] [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.
[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.
Syn. -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.
