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Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

Restrainable :: Restrainable (a.) Capable of being restrained; controllable.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.

Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.

Bulldoze :: Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana..

Work :: Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea..

Expatiate :: Expatiate (v. i.) To range at large, or without restraint..

Incontinently :: Incontinently (adv.) In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites..

Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.

Free :: Free (superl.) Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

Frank :: Frank (n.) Unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.

Imprison Ment :: Imprison ment (n.) The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint..

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..

Colature :: Colature (n.) The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

Tentiginous :: Tentiginous (a.) Stiff; stretched; strained.

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Confabulation :: Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation..

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