Rein vs Unreined - What's the difference?
rein | unreined |
A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
(figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
* Milton
To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
* Chapman
To restrain; to control; to check.
* Shakespeare
A kidney.
*, II.12:
*:a man subject to these like imaginations.
*1611 , (King James Bible), :
*:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
*Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
*:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
*Bible, Revelations ii. 23
*:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
(unrein)
Without reins.
Without any restricting or limiting influence.
As verbs the difference between rein and unreined
is that rein is to direct or stop a horse by using reins while unreined is past tense of unrein.As a noun rein
is a strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.As an adjective unreined is
without reins.rein
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .Noun
(en noun)- Let their eyes rove without rein .
Verb
(en verb)- He mounts and reins his horse.
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
Derived terms
* rein inDerived terms
* free rein * hold the reins * keep a tight rein on * draw rein * rein back * rein in * rein up * take the reinsEtymology 2
From (etyl) reines, (etyl) reins, and their source, (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----unreined
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- an unreined steed
- an unreined imagination