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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bridled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bridling}.]
1. To put a bridle upon to equip with a bridle; as to
bridle a horse.
He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. --Drake.
2. To restrain, guide, or govern, with or as with a bridle;
to check, curb, or control; as to bridle the passions; to
bridle a muse. --Addison.
Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel
in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that
consolidation. --Burke.
Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress;
master; subdue.
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