To shut up from a course of action, etc.; to preclude, debar, restrain, ‘estop’. Obsolete.

transitive. To check, hold back, or prevent (a person or thing) from some course of action. Also with †of, †for to do something.

transitive. To hold back or restrain (a person or thing) from something, esp. some act or course of action. Also with †of. Now archaic and rare.

To hold back, prevent, withhold; to restrain, control. Const. from (off, out of).

to coart of: to restrain from.

transitive. To check or repress (vice, a feeling, an intention, etc.); to restrain (a person). Now literary.

To restrain or prevent (a person) from a contemplated action. Const. as in 20.

To restrain, hold in, keep in check; to hold back, keep back, hinder (from an action, etc.) Obsolete.

transitive. To restrain; to hold back or prevent from a course of action. Obsolete.

To prevent, hinder, stop (a person or thing) from doing something; to check, restrain. Const. from, †of a course of action, etc.); †to (with…

transitive. To dissuade, deter; to restrain (a person) from a course of action, an opinion, etc. Obsolete.

To restrict from doing something. Obsolete.

To bind to, restrain from (an action). Obsolete.

transitive. To restrain from action, etc. Obsolete.