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containable

Variant of contain

transitive verb

  1. to have in it; hold, enclose, or include: the can contains tea, the list contains 50 items
  2. to have the capacity for holding
  3. to be equivalent to: a gallon contains four quarts
  4. to hold back or within fixed limits; specif.,
    1. to restrain (one's feeling, oneself, etc.)
    2. to check the power, expansion, or influence of
  5. to be divisible by, esp. without a remainder: 10 contains 5 and 2

intransitive verb

Archaic to restrain one's feelings

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