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• Amoebaeon; or Refrain
• ἀφίστημι
• μή , μήγε , μήπου
• οὐ
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• אָפַק
• חָדַל , חָדַל
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(1):

(v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

(2):

(v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

(3):

(v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

(4):

(v. t.) To abstain from