contain
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From Middle English < Old French contenir < Latin continere (“‘to hold or keep together, comprise, contain’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + tenere (“‘to hold’”).
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to contain (third-person singular simple present contains, present participle containing, simple past and past participle contained)
- (transitive): To hold inside.
- (transitive): To include as a part.
- (transitive): To limit through restraint.
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- (hold inside): enclose
- (include as part): comprise, embody, incorporate
- (limit by restraint): control, curb, repress, restrain, restrict, stifle
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to hold inside
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[edit] External links
- contain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- contain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- contain at OneLook® Dictionary Search
