Word Definition

Contain

  1. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
  2. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
  3. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
  4. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.

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