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Bridled
(gcide) | Bridle \Bri"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bridled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bridling.]
1. To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to
bridle a horse.
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He bridled her mouth with a silkweed twist. --Drake.
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2. To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle;
to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to
bridle a muse. --Addison.
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Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel
in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that
consolidation. --Burke.
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Syn: To check; restrain; curb; govern; control; repress;
master; subdue.
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unbridled
(encz) | unbridled,bezuzdný adj: Zdeněk Brožunbridled,nespoutaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Unbridled
(gcide) | Unbridled \Un*bri"dled\, a. [Pref. un- not + bridled.]
Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence,
unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.
"Unbridled boldness." --B. Jonson.
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Lands deluged by unbridled floods. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. --Abp. Leighton.
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Unbridledness
(gcide) | Unbridled \Un*bri"dled\, a. [Pref. un- not + bridled.]
Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence,
unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.
"Unbridled boldness." --B. Jonson.
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Lands deluged by unbridled floods. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. --Abp. Leighton.
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unbridled
(wn) | unbridled
adj 1: not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an
unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage" [syn: unbridled,
unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned] |
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