All 4 Uses of
refrain
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character, I cannot refrain from relating them.
p. 33.4refrain = avoid
- During her illness many arguments had been urged to persuade my mother to refrain from attending upon her.
p. 44.4 *refrain = resist
- "No one could love a child more than I loved your brother"—tears came into his eyes as he spoke—"but is it not a duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief?"
p. 94.1refrain = avoid or resist
- I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope. But my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness, and I refrained.
p. 137.9refrained = resisted
Definitions:
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(1)
(refrain as in: a repeated refrain) something repeated regularly -- especially a word, phrase, line, or idea repeated in music, poetry, or speech
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(2)
(refrain as in: refrain from laughing) to stop oneself from doing something -- especially something tempting, impulsive, or inappropriate