refrained

Verb

refrain (third-person singular simple present refrains, present participle refraining, simple past and past participle refrained)

1. (archaic, transitive) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
   • Refrain thy foot from their path.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 1:15
2. (archaic, reflexive) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
   • And nowe I saye unto you: refrayne youreselves from these men, and let them alone [...].1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts
3. (archaic, transitive) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.

   Synonyms:

   hold

4. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
   • Refrain from these men, and let them alone.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:38
5. (rare, regional, transitive) To abstain from (food or drink).
   • Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

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