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Meaning Of Contain

v. t.

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
v. t.

To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
v. t.

To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
v. i.

To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

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