Restrain
41restrain — see STRAIN …
42restrain — v.tr. 1 (often refl., usu. foll. by from) check or hold in; keep in check or under control or within bounds. 2 repress; keep down. 3 confine; imprison. Derivatives: restrainable adj. restrainer n. Etymology: ME f. OF restrei(g)n stem of… …
43restrain oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hold back, hold aloof, forgo, desist from, show restraint, curb oneself, discipline oneself, limit oneself, efface oneself, get hold of oneself, exercise self restraint; see also abstain …
44check, curb, restrain, constrain — These words refer to putting some control on action, movement, development, or progress, but they differ in minor ways. Check means to arrest suddenly, to halt : The rider checked his horse and leaped from the saddle. Curb implies the use of a… …
45Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen… …
46legally restrain — index apprehend (arrest), arrest (apprehend) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
47legally restrain again — index rearrest Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
48terrains — restrain …
49Restrained — Restrain 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.… …
50Restraining — Restrain 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.… …