KJV Dictionary Definition: refrain
refrain
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.
refrained
REFRA'INED, pp. Held back; restrained.
refraining
REFRA'INING, ppr. Holding back; forbearing.