BRIDLE Copy link • BRIDLE 1. v. (PROP.) frenare, infrenare equum; frenos equo injicere. A bridled horse, equus frenatus. FIG., frenare, refrenare, coercere, continere, comprimere, reprimere. To bridle one’s passions, refrenare, coercere or reprimere cupiditates (libidines); moderari cupiditatibus; frangere cuipiditates. 2. frenum; habenae (reins). To let him have the bridle, habenas remittere, frenos dare (PROP. and figuratively). You must bite the bridle, decoquenda est tibi amimi aegritudo.