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1 definition found 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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