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Refrain

Refrain (refrain)
v. t.(r?*fr?n")
Re*frain"
[imp. *** p. p. Refrained (-fr?nd")] p. pr. *** vb/ n. Refraining.] [OE. refreinen, OF. refrener, F. refr&?]ner, fr. L. refrenare; influenced by OF. refraindre
  1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

    His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. Chaucer.

    Refrain thy foot from their path. Prov. i. 15.

  2. To abstain from
    [Obs.]

    Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. Sir T. Browne.

Refrain

Refrain (refrain)
v. i.
Re*frain"
  1. To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

    Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38.

    They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. Sir T. Browne.

    Syn. -- To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.

Refrain

Refrain (refrain)
n.
Re*frain"
  1. The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

    We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.













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