v. t. - To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
v. t. - To abstain from
v. i. - To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
v. - The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.