Thou restrained prayer before God.
Job. xv. 4.
Syn. -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress;
coerce; restrict; limit; confine.
Re*strain"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir
T. Browne.
Re*strain"ed*ly, adv. With restraint. Hammond.
Re*strain"er (?), n. One who, or that which, restrains.
Re*strain"ment (?), n. The act of restraining.
Re*straint" (?), n. [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F. restreint, p.
p. of restraindre, restrendre. See Restrain.] 1. The act or process of
restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in
any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or
mental.
No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man
altogether below its protection.
Macaulay.