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