Restrain /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining

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!

2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.]
3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

   Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty.

4. To limit; to confine; to restrict.

   Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate.

5. To withhold; to forbear.

   Thou restrained prayer before God.