transitive. To place a check or restraint on (a person or thing); to regulate; to restrict, curb, or bring under control. Also with in. Cf. bridle, n.…

To restrain within due limits, or within the bounds of moderation; in later use often simply, to restrain, check, curb.

To restrain, subdue, tranquillize.

transitive. To keep in, confine, retain; to restrain, keep in check.

To bridle, control, restrain. Obsolete.

To discontinue (an action); to hold in check, restrain (one's own actions or organs of action). Now archaic and dialect.

To restrain, control, govern. Also reflexive ? Obsolete.

transitive. To keep (a person or animal) in check or under control. Frequently reflexive.

transitive. To moderate, restrain, curb (one's appetites, emotions, or behaviour) by the exercise of self-control.

figurative. To keep in close check or control. Obsolete.

To confine or restrict the action of (a person); to constrain, coerce.

transitive. To temper, restrain. Obsolete. rare.

to holdor keep (a person) short: to press (him) hard in a contest; to keep rigidly confined or under strict discipline; to keep from something; in…

transitive. To restrain, repress, curb.

To keep in place, stiffen (garments, etc.). Obsolete.

To restrain, confine. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To restrain or stop (a person) from action or physical advance; to keep back. Obsolete.

figurative. To repress, keep under restraint. Obsolete.

transitive. To restrain from action, hold in check; (in later use) esp. to curb the growth or spread of. Also: †to hinder, prevent (obsolete).

transitive. To put a snaffle on (a horse, etc.); to restrain or guide with a snaffle. Frequently figurative.

To rule; to curb, restrain; = temper, v. 7 8.

transitive. To bridle, restrain; to put in the branks. Also figurative.

figurative. To put a restraint or check upon; to bridle; to fetter; to hamper.

figurative. To restrain, check, keep in check.

transitive. To hold in check, restrain. Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. to bear (a rein) upon: to control, restrain, as though with a horse's rein. Cf. rein, n.1 2a. Obsolete.

To hold in check or restraint; to curb, control; to act as a check on.

transitive. To restrain, check, keep in order.

fig. To curb, restrain.

transitive. To refrain from uttering or expressing; to keep down, repress.

To keep (a person) from speaking; to prevent (a person) from being troublesome. North American colloquial.