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  • 31Refrain — Re*frain (r[ e]*fr[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refrained} ( fr[=a]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refraining}.] [OE. refreinen, OF. refrener, F. refr[ e]ner, fr. L. refrenare; influenced by OF. refraindre to restrain, moderate, fr. LL. refrangere, for L …

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  • 32refrain — refrain1 [ri frān′] vi. [ME refreinen < OFr refrener < L refrenare < re , back + frenare, to curb < frenum, rein] to hold back; keep oneself (from doing something); forbear vt. Archaic to hold back; curb SYN. REFRAIN1 usually suggests …

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  • 33refrain — [n] chorus of musical piece burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong; concepts 264,595 refrain [v] do without; keep from doing abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up,… …

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  • 34From Me to You — Single par The Beatles Face A From Me to You Face B Thank You Girl Sortie …

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  • 35refrain — I verb abstain, avoid, be temperate, break off, cease, check, contain oneself, curb oneself, decline, desist, discontinue, dispense with, do without, eschew, evade, exercise self control, forbear, forestall, forgo, forsake, halt, have nothing to… …

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  • 36~refrain~ The songs were inspired by Evangelion — Infobox Album Name = Refrain The songs were inspired by EVANGELION Type = remix Artist = Takahashi Yoko Cover Size = 200 px Released = start date|1997|11|6 Recorded = Genre = Soundtrack Language = English, Japanese Length = 61.63 Label =… …

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  • 37Refrain Blue — Infobox animanga/Header name = Refrain Blue caption = ja name = リフレインブルー ja name trans = Rifurein Buruu genre = Drama, Romance, MysteryInfobox animanga/OVA title = director = studio = ELF, Pink Pineapple episodes = 3 released = flagicon|Japan… …

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  • 38refrain — refrain1 refrainer, n. refrainment, n. /ri frayn /, v.i. 1. to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often fol. by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought. v.t. 2. Archaic. to curb. [1300 50; ME refreinen < OF refrener < L …

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  • 39refrain — I. verb Etymology: Middle English refreynen, from Anglo French refreiner, refreindre, from Latin refrenare, from re + frenum bridle more at frenum Date: 14th century transitive verb archaic curb, restrain intransitive verb to keep oneself from&#8230; …

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  • 40refrain — 1. verb a) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. b) To abstain from …

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