† refrenatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To check, restrain.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)]
pindeOE
steerc950
hold971
forbidc1000
withstewc1175
withholdc1200
stewa1225
crempa1250
bistintc1300
i-stillc1315
withdraw1340
entemperc1380
rebukec1380
forfenda1382
refraina1382
refrainc1390
restraina1393
restayc1400
retainc1415
to hold abackc1440
overholda1450
reclaim?c1450
revokec1450
bedwynge1480
sniba1500
repressa1525
rein1531
inhibit1535
to keep back1535
cohibit1544
reprimec1550
lithe1552
to rein up1574
check1581
embridle1583
to rein in1593
retrench1594
refrenate1599
to hold back1600
snip1601
becheck1605
sneap1611
trasha1616
supersede1645
reprimand1689
snape1691
to clap a guy on1814
to pull up1861
to pull in1893
withstrain1904
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 130/1 It [sc. a drug] violently refrenateth the laske, although it hath bin of a longe continuance.
1859 (title) An Act for the reform and regulation of female apparel and to amend and refrenate the customs relating to crinoline and other artificial superfluities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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