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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.

Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

vely : To give (one's self) up without attempt at self- control ; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly ; -- often in a bad sense. He abandoned himself . . . to his favorite vice. Macaulay.

Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

Unrestrainedly.

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of.

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. As the arrest of the air showeth. Bacon.

Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." Milton.

Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. Joye.

In a state of restraint or hindrance. The Lord hath kept thee back from honor. Numb. xxiv. 11.

An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay.