contain

1. v. t. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Source: opted

2. v. t. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. Source: opted

3. v. t. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. Source: opted

4. v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Source: opted

5. v. include or contain; have as a component Source: wordnet

6. v. contain or hold; have within Source: wordnet

7. v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits Source: wordnet

8. v. be divisible by Source: wordnet

9. v. be capable of holding or containing Source: wordnet

10. v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of Source: wordnet

11. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9. Source: adambom

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