reflexive. To check oneself; to desist from something one is doing or intending to do; to cease speaking, writing, etc. Obsolete.

reflexive. Of persons or things: To exhaust or wear out (oneself or itself); to become incapable of further activity; to cease to operate.

Nautical. transitive. To render (a ship) stationary and inactive; to take in (a sail). Also reflexive: to cease from action. Obsolete.

transitive (reflexive). To exhaust oneself, esp. by running; (more generally, of a person or thing) to come to the end of all available energy…

transitive. To check (a person) in a course of action. Also reflexive.