contain
contain - verb
- To keep within limits: such as
- Check, halt
- To follow successfully a policy of containment toward
- To prevent (an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack
Usage examples
Examples: "I like to contain every day." "Can you contain this for me?" "Let's contain together."
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Middle English {it}conteynen,{/it} borrowed from Anglo-French {it}cunteign-, cunteyn-,{/it} present tense stem of {it}contenir, cuntenir,{/it} going back (with conjugation change) to Latin {it}continēre{/it} "to hold together, restrain, have as contents," from {it}con-{/it} con- + {it}tenēre{/it} "to hold, occupy, possess" {ma}{mat|tenant:1|}{/ma}
Middle English conteynen, borrowed from Anglo-French cunteign-, cunteyn-, present tense stem of contenir, cuntenir, going back (with conjugation change) to Latin continēre "to hold together, restrain, have as contents," from con- con- + tenēre "to hold, occupy, possess"
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Found in Lyrics
"Invisible Touch"
by Genesis
1986"She's got that invisible touch"
Context: Pop rock about being in