REFRA'IN, v.t. [L. refaeno; re and fraeno, to curb; fraenum, a rein. See Rein.]
To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
My son - refrain thy foot from their path. Prov 1.
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by. Gen 45.
REFRA'IN, v.i. To forbear; to abstain; to keep one's self from action or interference.
Refrain from these men and let them alone. Acts 5.
REFRA'IN, n. The burden of a song; a kind of musical repetition.
