reÂ·frain 1. (rÄ­-frÄnâ²) intr.v. To hold oneself back; forbear from doing something: refrained from swearing. [Middle English refreinen, from Old French refrener, to restrain, from Latin refrÄnÄre : re-, re- + frÄnÄre, to restrain (from frÄnum, bridle, from frendere, to grind; see ghrendh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
[ 1 syll. (t)zur, tz-ur ] The baby boy name Tzur is pronounced as TSuh-R â . Tzur is used chiefly in Hebrew and it is also derived from Hebrew origins. The name Tzur means rock. Tzuri (Hebrew), Tzuriel (Hebrew), and Zur (English) are variants of Tzur. Tzur is not popular as a baby boy name.
According to Ch'ien, Lao-tzu was born in the state of Ch'u, and his birthplace was in the nowadays Ho-nan province. He was a curator at the Royal Library in Chou when he. Lao-tzu surname was Li; his name was Erh (meaning ear) - this is why we find him also under the name of Li Erh.