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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr &
vb n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen conteinen F. contenir
fr L. continere -tentum; con- + tenere to hold See
{Tenable}, and cf {Countenance}.]
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
inclose; to hold
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
vi 18.
When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton.
2. To have capacity for to be able to hold to hold to be
equivalent to as a bushel contains four pecks.
3. To put constraint upon to restrain; to confine; to keep
within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
The king's person contains the unruly people from
evil occasions. --Spenser.
Fear not my lord: we can contain ourselves --Shak.
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