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Definition of retain
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Retain
(v. t.) To
continue
to hold; to keep in
possession;
not to lose, part with, or
dismiss;
to
retrain
from
departure,
escape,
or the
like..
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Costive
::
Costive
(a.)
Retaining
fecal
matter
in the
bowels;
having
too slow a
motion
of the
bowels;
constipated.
Democracy
::
Democracy
(n.)
Government
by
popular
representation;
a form of
government
in which the
supreme
power is
retained
by the
people,
but is
indirectly
exercised
through
a
system
of
representation
and
delegated
authority
periodically
renewed;
a
constitutional
representative
government;
a
republic..
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.) One who is
retained
or kept in
service;
an
attendant;
an
adherent;
a
hanger-on.
Albion
::
Albion
(n.) An
ancient
name of
England,
still
retained
in
poetry..
Dispersion
::
Dispersion
(n.) The act or
process
of
scattering
or
dispersing,
or the state of being
scattered
or
separated;
as, the Jews in their
dispersion
retained
their rites and
ceremonies;
a great
dispersion
of the human
family
took place at the
building
of
Babel..
Accident
::
Accident
(n.) A point or mark which may be
retained
or
omitted
in a coat of arms.
Tenacious
::
Tenacious
(a.) Apt to
retain;
retentive;
as, a
tenacious
memory..
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.) The act of
withholding
what one has in his hands by
virtue
of some
right.
Hopperings
::
Hopperings
(n.)
Gravel
retaining
in the
hopper
of a
cradle.
Pallial
::
Pallial
(a.) Of or
pretaining
to a
mantle,
especially
to the
mantle
of
mollusks;
produced
by the
mantle;
as, the
pallial
line, or
impression,
which marks the
attachment
of the
mantle
on the inner
surface
of a
bivalve
shell.
See
Illust.
of
Bivalve..
Retainal
::
Retainal
(n.) The act of
retaining;
retention.
Withhold
::
Withhold
(v. t.) To
retain;
to keep back; not to
grant;
as, to
withhold
assent
to a
proposition..
Retentive
::
Retentive
(a.)
Having
power to
retain;
as, a
retentive
memory..
Rack
::
Rack (a.) An
instrument
or frame used for
stretching,
extending,
retaining,
or
displaying,
something..
Lignite
::
Lignite
(n.)
Mineral
coal
retaining
the
texture
of the wood from which it was
formed,
and
burning
with an
empyreumatic
odor. It is of more
recent
origin
than the
anthracite
and
bituminous
coal of the
proper
coal
series.
Called
also brown coal, wood
coal..
Sure
::
Sure
(superl.)
Certain
to find or
retain;
as, to be sure of game; to be sure of
success;
to be sure of life or
health..
Reformed
::
Reformed
(a.)
Retained
in
service
on half or full pay after the
disbandment
of the
company
or
troop;
-- said of an
officer.
Reserve
::
Reserve
(v. t.)
Hence,
to keep in store for
future
or
special
use; to
withhold
from
present
use for
another
purpose
or time; to keep; to
retain..
Crimp
::
Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in
regular
undulation
in such a way that the
material
will
retain
the shape
intended;
to give a wavy
appearance
to; as, to crimp the
border
of a cap; to crimp a
ruffle.
Cf.
Crisp..
Wad
::
Wad (n.)
Specifically:
A
little
mass of some soft or
flexible
material,
such as hay,
straw,
tow,
paper,
or old rope yarn, used for
retaining
a
charge
of
powder
in a gun, or for
keeping
the
powder
and shot
close;
also, to
diminish
or avoid the
effects
of
windage.
Also, by
extension,
a dusk of felt,
pasteboard,
etc.,
serving
a
similar
purpose..
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