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restrain

verb
/ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”).

  1. derived from rēstringō — “fasten, tighten”
  2. derived from restreindre
  3. inherited from restreinen

Definitions

  1. To control or keep in check.

    • As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated.

  2. To deprive of liberty.

  3. To restrict or limit.

    • He was restrained by the straitjacket.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To strain again.

      • Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold.

The neighborhood

Derived

overrestrain, overrestrained, restrainable, restrainer, restrainment, underrestrain, unrestrain

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at restrain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at restrain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at restrain

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA