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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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Jackman
::
"Jackman
(n.) One
wearing
a jack; a horse
soldier;
a
retainer.
See 3d Jack, n..
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..
Retainal
::
Retainal
(n.) The act of
retaining;
retention.
Withhold
::
Withhold
(v. t.) To keep; to
maintain;
to
retain.
Broad
::
Broad
(superl.)
Fig.:
Having
a large
measure
of any thing or
quality;
not
limited;
not
restrained;
--
applied
to any
subject,
and
retaining
the
literal
idea more or less
clearly,
the
precise
meaning
depending
largely
on the
substantive..
Hewe
::
Hewe (n.) A
domestic
servant;
a
retainer.
Groin
::
Groin (n.) A frame of
woodwork
across
a beach to
accumulate
and
retain
shingle.
Retain
::
Retain
(v. t.) To keep in pay; to
employ
by a
preliminary
fee paid; to hire; to
engage;
as, to
retain
a
counselor..
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..
Reformado
::
Reformado
(v. t.) An
officer
who, in
disgrace,
is
deprived
of his
command,
but
retains
his rank, and
sometimes
his pay..
Steel
::
Steel (n.) A
variety
of iron
intermediate
in
composition
and
properties
between
wrought
iron and cast iron
(containing
between
one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of
carbon),
and
consisting
of an alloy of iron with an iron
carbide.
Steel,
unlike
wrought
iron, can be
tempered,
and
retains
magnetism.
Its
malleability
decreases,
and
fusibility
increases,
with an
increase
in
carbon..
Retentor
::
Retentor
(n.) A
muscle
which
serves
to
retain
an organ or part in
place,
esp. when
retracted.
See
Illust.
of
Phylactolemata..
Scapulary
::
Scapulary
(n.) A
bandage
passing
over the
shoulder
to
support
it, or to
retain
another
bandage
in
place..
Retained
::
Retained
(imp. & p. p.) of
Retai.
Skew
::
Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a
gable,
the
offset
of a
buttress,
or the like, cut with a
sloping
surface
and with a check to
receive
the
coping
stones
and
retain
them in
place..
Retention
::
Retention
(n.) The act of
retaining,
or the state of being
ratined..
Continue
::
Continue
(v. t.) To
retain;
to
suffer
or cause to
remain;
as, the
trustees
were
continued;
also, to
suffer
to
live..
Countermarch
::
Countermarch
(n.) An
evolution
by which a body of
troops
change
front or
reverse
the
direction
of march while
retaining
the same men in the front rank; also, a
movement
by which the rear rank
becomes
the front one,
either
with or
without
changing
the right to the
left..
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..
Bissextile
::
Bissextile
(n.) Leap year; every
fourth
year, in which a day is added to the month of
February
on
account
of the
excess
of the
tropical
year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is
equivalent
to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the
excess
of the real year.
Hence,
it is
necessary
to
suppress
the
bissextile
day at the end of every
century
which is not
divisible
by 400, while it is
retained
at the end of those which are
divisible
by 400..
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