Restrain
Restrain , transitive verb
[Old English restreinen, French restreindre, from Latin restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, transitive verb, and compare Restrict.]
1.
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
Gives way to in repose!
2.
To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
3.
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty.
4.
To limit; to confine; to restrict. — Trench
Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate.
5.
To withhold; to forbear.
Thou restrained prayer before God.