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withstrain

verb

Etymology

From Middle English withstreynen, equivalent to with- + strain.

  1. inherited from withstreynen

Definitions

  1. To restrain.

    • Even when this is known, [only] with difficulty is the multitude withstrained from doing sacrifice to a Paul and a Barnabas.
    • The sailors surrounded him, laying hands on him, withstraining him, the while they guffawed and cheered.
    • Her ambition became boundless and her patriotism an obsession. Her pride was in her power and she held weakness in contempt. Withstrained by no scruples she placed her reliance in the sword, […]

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