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Head :: Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor..

Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

Put :: Put (v. t.) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..

Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..

Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

Bridler :: Bridler (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle..

Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Forced :: Forced (a.) Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh..

Retain :: Retain (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult..

Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..

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

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Strain :: Strain (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition..

Tension :: Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.

Solo :: Solo (a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice..

Inhibitory-motor :: Inhibitory-motor (a.) A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue..

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