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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"

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