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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
     fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
     Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
     1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
        inclose; to hold.
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              Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
              contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
                                                    vi. 18.
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              When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
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              What thy stores contain bring forth.  --Milton.
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     2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
        equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
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     3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
        within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
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              The king's person contains the unruly people from
              evil occasions.                       --Spenser.
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              Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
     fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
     Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
     1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
        inclose; to hold.
  
              Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
              contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
                                                    vi. 18.
  
              When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
  
              What thy stores contain bring forth.  --Milton.
  
     2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
        equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
  
     3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
        within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
  
              The king's person contains the unruly people from
              evil occasions.                       --Spenser.
  
              Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  contained
       adj 1: controlled; "striking with contained ferocity at my head"-
              R.L.Stevenson
       2: gotten under control; "the oil spill is contained"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     a.
     Restricted in space.
     vb.
     (infl of en contain  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     a.
     Restricted in space.
     vb.
     (infl of en contain  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     a.
     Restricted in space.
     vb.
     (infl of en contain  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     a.
     Restricted in space.
     vb.
     (infl of en contain  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     Englanti a.
     rajoitettu
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ontain ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contained
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en contain ordform=perfpart); förvarad, hållen i begränsat
  område
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb contain)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  محتوى

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/ 
  uvážlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/ 
  obsahoval

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  aufgenommen
   see: contain, containing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  beherrscht, gezügelt
   see: contain, containing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  enthalten, beinhaltet
        "I/he/she/it contained"  - ich/er/sie/es enthielt
        "he/she/it has/had contained"  - er/sie/es hat/hatte enthalten
   see: contain sth., containing, he/she/it contains, contained in, … contains useful information
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  gefasst, enthalten 
     Synonym: held
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/ 
  1. संतुलित
        "Socrates was contained throughout his trial."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  contained /kəntˈeɪnd/
  sadržan, sadržane

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈteɪnd/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 包含;
  vbl. 包含;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     包含的

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