Restrain

re-str an', v. t. (Vstrained (-strand'), -straining.] To hold from acting, proceeding, or advancing; to hinder from lifaiimited enjoyment; to check, hinder, repre , curb, co^erce, restrict, limit, confine. — Restrain'ealy, adv. With restraint; with limitation. —Restraint', -stranf, j*. Act of restraining; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral, or mental; that which restrains; repre ion; stop; curb; limitation; restriction. — Restrict'', -strikf, t>. t. To restrain within bounds, limit, confine, circumscribe, curb, coerce. — Restriction, n. Act of, or state of beins, etc.; confinement within bounds; that which restricts; a restraint. — Resiin, cube, full; moon, f<56t 5 cow, oil; strictive, -iv, a. Having power or tendency to restrict.