Restrain: alternatives and connections

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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of Bind

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Lacking ability; unable.

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To disable; to disqualify.

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To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

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To care; to desire.

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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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Restricted.

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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

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The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To bend or curve

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To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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of Grind

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Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Stubble.

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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

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To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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To care; to desire.

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