[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contain \contain"\, 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.
      1913 webster

            behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
            contain thee; how much less this house --2 chron.
                                                  vi. 18.
      1913 webster

            when that this body did contain a spirit. --shak.
      1913 webster

            what thy stores contain bring forth.  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
      equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
      1913 webster

   3. to put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
      within bounds. obs., exept as used reflexively.
      1913 webster

            the king's person contains the unruly people from
            evil occasions.                       --spenser.
      1913 webster

            fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
contained containing tenable countenance 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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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