About The Word Refrain
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Refrain
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What's The Definition Of Refrain?
[n] the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
[v] choose to refrain; "I abstain from alcohol" [v] not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" Synonyms | Synonyms for Refrain: abstain | chorus | desist | forbear Related Terms | Find terms related to Refrain: See Also | abstain | avoid | fast | help | help oneself | keep off | let it go | music | save | sit out | song | spare | stand by | teetotal | tra-la | tra-la-la Refrain In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Re*frain"\, v. i. To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. --Acts v. 38. They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. --Sir T. Browne. Syn: To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold. \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. We hear the wild refrain. --Whittier. |
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