bridle (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frēno, 1 (rare in prose except fig.)2. infrēno, 1.3. frenos impono, injicio • bridle (v.): 1. frēno, 1 (rare in prose except fig.): to b. dragons (i. e. put a bridle on them), dracones f., Ov.. a caparisoned and b.d horse, instructus frenatusque equus, Liv. Fig.: to b. anyone's fury, alicujus furores f., Cic.: to b. pleasures, voluptates f., Liv. 2. infrēno, 1.: to b. a horse, equum inf., Liv.: Virg. (v. rare in fig. sense). 3. frenos impono, injicio: v. to put on. (For fig. sense, see also to curb, restrain.)