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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Refrain  \Re*frain"\  (r?*fr?n"),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Refrained} 
  (-fr?nd");  p.  pr  &  vb/  n.  {Refraining}.]  [OE.  refreinen  OF 
  refrener  F.  refr?ner,  fr  L.  refrenare  influenced  by  OF 
  refraindre  to  restrain,  moderate,  fr  LL  refrangere  for  L. 
  refringere  to  break  up  break  (see  {Refract}).  L.  refrenare 
  is  fr  pref.  re-  back  +  frenum  bridle;  cf  Skr.  dh?  to  hold.] 
  1.  To  hold  back  to  restrain;  to  keep  within  prescribed 
  bounds;  to  curb;  to  govern. 
 
  His  reson  refraineth  not  his  foul  delight  or  talent. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Refrain  thy  foot  from  their  path.  --Prov.  i.  15. 
 
  2.  To  abstain  from  [Obs.] 
 
  Who  requiring  a  remedy  for  his  gout,  received  no 
  other  counsel  than  to  refrain  cold  drink.  --Sir  T. 
  Browne.




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