refrain suomeksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-suomi)

(transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
(reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
(transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
(transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).

Refrain thy foot from their path.
And nowe I saye unto you: refrayne youreselves from these men, and let them alone [...].
his reson aperceyueth it wel that it is synne / agayns the lawe of god / and yet his reson / refreyneth nat his foul delit or talent.
Refrain from these men, and let them alone.
They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after.
Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.
We hear the wild refrain. Whittier.
Please refrain from talking during the performance.
Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse. Parmi les divers monuments publics qui font l'orgueil d'une ville dont, par prudence, je m'abstiendrai de dire le nom, et à laquelle je ne veux pas donner un nom imaginaire, il en est un commun à la plupart des villes grandes ou petites: c'est le dépôt de mendicité. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Partisiipin perfekti	refrained	Imperfekti	refrained
Partisiipin preesens	refraining	Monikko	refrains
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	refrains	Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	refraineth (vanhahtava)

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