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ral 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! Shak.

Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.

With restraint. Hammond.

One who, or that which, restrains.

The act of restraining.

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. Macaulay.

To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

Restricted. [Obs.]

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds. This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement. Giv. of Tonque.

Restrictive. [R.]

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]

Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.

Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] -- n.

To strive anew.

Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [Obs.] Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

The act of converting into forest or woodland. Blackstone.

fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

Agrestic. [Obs.]