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▪ I. reˈstraining, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb, in various senses.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P. R. vii. xviii. (Bodl. MS.), Restreynyng schal be made aboute þe temples..aȝens rennyng of teeres. a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 531 Þorw mouþ þei passen wiþ-outen restreyning. c1450Lay-Folks Mass Bk. 69 Þat itt may be..senchyp to ouer enmyse, gaynstanding and restrenyng of þare power. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. xvii. 165 Thou muste make a restrayninge in many thynges of thyne owne wylle. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 622/2 For restrayning of a fowle abuse, which then raigned commonly among that people. 1604Hieron Wks. I. 548 The yoking and hampering and restraining of mans naturall disposition. 1657Deuine Louer 12 All and euery of those doings or actings, abstainings or restreignings. 1842Manning Serm. iv. (1848) I. 56 The warning, and striving, and restraining of the Holy Ghost shall then be over.
▪ II. reˈstraining, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That restrains or checks; † restringent.
1541Elyot Cast. Helthe ii. xxix. 46 Take hede..that stiptik or restrainyng meates be [not] taken at the beginnyng. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 197 The ancient heretics, who would have the restraining term only to belong, not to the Son, but to the Father. 1678Rymer Trag. last Age 126 Amintor was..endu'd with a restraining grace, and had his hands ty'd. 1704Trapp Abra-Mulé ii. i, It ne'er conquers the restraining Bounds Of Reason. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 87 This has occasioned another subordinate division of remedial acts of parliament with enlarging and restraining statutes. Ibid., Let us instance again in the same restraining statute of the 13 Eliz. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 90 The directors of these legal and restraining institutions.
Hence reˈstrainingly adv.
1863Not an Angel II. 230 No less restrainingly his stedfast eyes seemed to hold her. 1890Universal Rev. Aug. 633 ‘My dear Mary?’ he said slowly, interrogatively, restrainingly.
▸ restraining order n. Law an order made by a court, judge, etc., restricting or prohibiting a party from carrying out a particular course of action; spec. (a) a temporary order issued without notice, intended to maintain an existing situation whilst an application for an injunction is being considered; (b) an order prohibiting one individual from approaching or contacting another.
1781W. Baylies Facts & Observ. Inoculation in Berlin 14 Instead of being served with a *restraining order from the sovereign, as by many was hoped, I was..publicly honoured with a full permission to proceed. 1857Times 23 Nov. 8/5 Mr. Roxburgh..then applied for a restraining order.., to prevent creditors from proceeding in their actions, but this his Honour refused to do. 1911Federal Reporter (U.S.) 188448 The sheriff has appeared in obedience to a show cause order, and now moves the court to dissolve the restraining order on two grounds. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 1/6 A restraining order which had prevented Revlon, Inc., from marketing a ‘Charlie’ brand of perfumes..was unanimously lifted yesterday. 2004Cornishman (Electronic ed.) 22 July 3 In October 2002 he admitted charges of harassment, and magistrates..placed a lifetime restraining order on him, to stop him going near the 25-year-old woman. |