Etymology_5

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refrain

[ri-FERYN]

(v.) to abstain from an impulse to say or do something

(ex) I refrained from telling him what I thought.

(ex) Blatter laughed out loud and quipped: “Then they should refrain from any sexual activities”

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abstain /əbˈsteɪn/

- abs + tain

- (def) Keep or withhold oneself.

- (ex) (?) I’m a reformed character; I’ll take the pledge to abstain from ink all forms if you like.

(v.)

break off

1. to sever by breaking

2. to stop suddenly; discontinue

off

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refrain(n.)

re- ; again, back / frango; break.
(def) The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza
“* chorus * “
“repeat” “break off”

Latin refringere (see refraction)

- [ri-frak-shuh n]

- (def)

- (physics) the change in direction of a propagating wave, such as light or sound, in passing from one medium to another in which it has a different velocity
” to break up”
frangere ” to break ”
- frangere [ *fran-gi-e.. ]
- - ” to break (into pieces)”
  - ” to press or crush (olives)”
  - *bʰreg- [ break ] : “to break “

refrain (v.)

- “restrain, repress, keep in check. ”

- Latin, refrenare “to bridle, hold in with a bit, check, curb, keep down, control”

- re- (back) + frenare (” restrain, furnish with a bridle ” from frenum “a bridle ” )

PIE. *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- ‎(“to shine, shimmer”) (” to gleam, flash”)

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