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restrained, ppl. a.|rɪˈstreɪnd|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
Checked; repressed; kept under control; confined; † restricted.
1580J. Stubbs in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 43 Pray for your old poore restrained frend. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living iv. §1 (1727) 187 In a more restrained sense it is taken for that part of duty which particularly relates to God. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (1677) 241, I shall consider the more restrained Perswasion of the Learned. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Restriction, Arguing affirmatively from a non-restrained to a restrained term. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest v, Her conversation was restrained. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 343 The bishop was heard out with hardly restrained indignation. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. ii. 33 The sober, restrained looks and gestures.
Hence reˈstrainedness.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lxii. 9 A certeine peevish restrynednesse..casteth them at last into despayre. 1853Tait's Mag. XX. 388 An enthusiasm which contrasts with the usual restrainedness of his style.
Add:b. Of a person: held in place by a seat-belt or safety restraint.
1984Which? Aug. 347/3 Steering wheel offers little protection to the head or face of a restrained driver. 1985Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 June 1621/1 Data on 2520 occupants of cars involved in accidents were analysed..to investigate the effect of rear seat passengers on injury to restrained and unrestrained front seat occupants and vice versa. 1989Derbyshire Times 8 Sept. 11/1 A child does not have to be restrained..if the seats are being occupied by restrained adults. |