Contain /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. & vb. n. Containing

1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

   Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house!

   When that this body did contain a spirit.

   What thy stores contain bring forth.

2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]

   The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions.

   Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves.

1. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

   But if they can not contain, let them marry.