Definition of contain

• v. t. - To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
• v. t. - To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
• v. t. - To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
• v. i. - To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.