refrain+from
11refrain — Ⅰ. refrain [1] ► VERB (refrain from) ▪ stop oneself from (doing something). ORIGIN Latin refrenare, from frenum bridle . Ⅱ. refrain [2] ► NOUN ▪ a repeated line or section …
12refrain — ‘chorus of a song’ [14] and refrain ‘desist’ [14] are different words. The former comes via Old French refrain from Provençal refranh. This was a derivative of the verb refranhar, which went back via Vulgar Latin *refrangere to Latin refringere… …
13refrain — ‘chorus of a song’ [14] and refrain ‘desist’ [14] are different words. The former comes via Old French refrain from Provençal refranh. This was a derivative of the verb refranhar, which went back via Vulgar Latin *refrangere to Latin refringere… …
14Refrain — Re*frain , v. i. To keep one s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. [1913 Webster] Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. [1913 Webster] They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after …
15Refrain — For other uses, see Refrain (disambiguation). A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, to repeat , and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the chorus of a song. Poetic fixed forms that… …
16refrain — [[t]rɪfre͟ɪn[/t]] refrains, refraining, refrained 1) VERB If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it. [V from ing/n] Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment... [V from ing/n] He appealed to all factions to refrain… …
17refrain — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ constant ▪ common, familiar ▪ Complaints about school food have become a familiar refrain. VERB + REFRAIN ▪ sing …
18refrain — I n. to sing a refrain II v. (D; intr.) to refrain from (to refrain from smoking) * * * [rɪ freɪn] to sing a refrain (D; intr.) to refrain from (to refrain from smoking) …
19refrain — {{11}}refrain (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. refrain, alteration of refrait, properly pp. of refraindre repeat, also break off, from Prov. refranhar singing of birds, refrain, from V.L. *refrangere break off, alteration of L. refringere (see… …
20refrain — I UK [rɪˈfreɪn] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms refrain : present tense I/you/we/they refrain he/she/it refrains present participle refraining past tense refrained past participle refrained formal to stop yourself from doing something. This… …
