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See Refrain

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From , , , from ; influenced by {{term|refraindre||to restrain, moderate}}, from , for {{term|refringere||to break up, break}} (see )). w:Latin|Latin is from prefix re- (back) + frenum (bridle).

Pronunciation


Verb

  1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
  2. : His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. w:Geoffrey_Chaucer|Chaucer
  3. : Refrain thy foot from their path. - Proverbs i:15.
  4. To abstain from
  5. : Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink. - w:Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne
  6. To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
  7. : Refrain from these men, and let them alone. - Acts 5:38.
  8. : They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. - w:Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne.


Translations

Etymology 2

From , from {{term|refraindre||to break off' repeat}} < {{prefix|re|frangere|lang=lat}} ("again" + "break"); compare Pr. {{term|refranhs||a refrain}}, {{term|refranher||to repeat}}. See and the verb to refrain.

Noun

  1. The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. As enjoined by a chorus.
  2. : We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.


Translations

References

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Refrain \Re*frain"\ (r[-e]*fr[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Refrained (-fr[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refraining.] [OE.
refreinen, OF. refrener, F. refr['e]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[.r] to hold.]
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed
bounds; to curb; to govern.
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His reason refraineth not his foul delight or
talent. --Chaucer.
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Refrain thy foot from their path. --Prov. i. 15.
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2. To abstain from. [Obs.]
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Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no
other counsel than to refrain cold drink. --Sir T.
Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Refrain \Re*frain"\, v. i.
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold
aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
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Refrain from these men, and let them alone. --Acts v.
38.
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They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time
after. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Syn: To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Refrain \Re*frain"\, n. [F. refrain, fr. OF. refraindre; cf. Pr.
refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See
Refract,Refrain, v.]
The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the
end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic
composition.
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We hear the wild refrain. --Whittier.
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WordNet refrain
n : the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: chorus]
v 1: not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she
could not forbear weeping" [syn: forbear] [ant: act]
2: choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain,
desist] [ant: consume]
Moby Dictionary
PS , Parthian shot , Spenserian stanza , abandon , abort , abstain ,
abstain from , addendum , afterthought , air , anacrusis , antistrophe ,
appendix , aria , arrest , avoid , back matter , bass passage , belay ,
bis , bob , book , bourdon , bridge , burden , cadence , cancel , canto ,
cantus , cease , chant , check , chorus , coda , codicil , colophon ,
conclusion , consequence , constrain , continuance , continuation ,
couplet , curb , cut it out , descant , desist , development ,
discontinue , dispense with , distich , ditto , division , do without ,
double take , drop it , dying words , end , envoi , epilogue , epode ,
eschew , exposition , figure , folderol , follow-through , follow-up ,
forbear , forgo , give over , give up , halt , harmonic close ,
have done with , heptastich , hexastich , hold , hold aloof from ,
hold back , hold off , inhibit , interlude , intermezzo , interrupt ,
introductory phrase , keep , keep back , keep from , keep in hand ,
knock it off , last words , lay , lay off , leave off , let alone ,
let go by , line , measure , melodia , melodic line , melody , monostich ,
movement , musical phrase , musical sentence , never touch , not touch ,
not use , note , octastich , octave , octet , ornament , ottava rima ,
part , parting shot , pass up , passage , pentastich , period ,
peroration , phrase , postface , postfix , postlude , postscript ,
quatrain , quit , refrain from , relinquish , renounce , repeat ,
repetend , reprise , reserve , resolution , response , restrain ,
rhyme royal , ritornello , save , scrub , second thought , section ,
septet , sequel , sequela , sequelae , sequelant , sequent , sequitur ,
sestet , sextet , shun , solo , solo part , song , soprano part , spare ,
stand aloof from , stanza , statement , stave , stay , stop , strain ,
strophe , subscript , suffix , supplement , swan song , syllable , tag ,
tailpiece , tercet , terminate , terza rima , tetrastich , treble ,
triplet , tristich , tune , tutti , tutti passage , undersong ,
variation , verse , waive , withhold


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