Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
refrain .
Etymologies
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refrain + -est
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Examples
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O thou who reckonest my virtues, refrainest from giving me pain,
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Moslem, that thou refrainest from exchanging the salutation? '
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Art thou asleep or deaf or other than a Moslem, that thou refrainest from exchanging the salutation?’
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Thou refrainest Thyself at these things, and hast held Thy peace, and hast humbled us very sore. "
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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