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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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Leachy
::
Leachy
(a.)
Permitting
liquids
to pass by
percolation;
not
capable
of
retaining
water;
porous;
pervious;
-- said of
gravelly
or sandy
soils,
and the
like..
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..
Patron
::
Patron
(n.) A
master
who had freed his
slave,
but still
retained
some
paternal
rights
over him..
Reserve
::
Reserve
(v. t.) To keep back; to
retain;
not to
deliver,
make over, or
disclose..
Anchor
::
Anchor
(n.) A iron
instrument
which is
attached
to a ship by a cable (rope or
chain),
and
which,
being cast
overboard,
lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus
retains
the ship in a
particular
station..
Depend
::
Depend
(v. i.) To
serve;
to
attend;
to act as a
dependent
or
retainer.
Follower
::
Follower
(n.) One who
follows;
a
pursuer;
an
attendant;
a
disciple;
a
dependent
associate;
a
retainer.
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.) One who, or that
which,
retains..
Hall
::
Hall (n.) The chief room in a
castle
or manor
house,
and in early times the only
public
room,
serving
as the place of
gathering
for the
lord's
family
with the
retainers
and
servants,
also for
cooking
and
eating.
It was often
contrasted
with the
bower,
which was the
private
or
sleeping
apartment..
Hewe
::
Hewe (n.) A
domestic
servant;
a
retainer.
Retain
::
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..
Retain
::
Retain
(v. i.) To
belong;
to
pertain.
Anadiplosis
::
Anadiplosis
(n.) A
repetition
of the last word or any
prominent
word in a
sentence
or
clause,
at the
beginning
of the next, with an
adjunct
idea; as, He
retained
his
virtues
amidst
all his
misfortunes
--
misfortunes
which no
prudence
could
foresee
or
prevent..
Retain
::
Retain
(v. t.) To keep in pay; to
employ
by a
preliminary
fee paid; to hire; to
engage;
as, to
retain
a
counselor..
Uterus
::
Uterus
(n.) A
receptacle,
or
pouch,
connected
with the
oviducts
of many
invertebrates
in which the eggs are
retained
until they hatch or until the
embryos
develop
more or less. See
Illust.
of
Hermaphrodite
in
Append..
Perennial
::
Perennial
(n.) A
perennial
plant;
a plant which lives or
continues
more than two
years,
whether
it
retains
its
leaves
in
winter
or not..
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..
Yeoman
::
Yeoman
(n.) A
servant;
a
retainer.
Spermatheca
::
Spermatheca
(n.) A small sac
connected
with the
female
reproductive
organs
of
insects
and many other
invertebrates,
serving
to
receive
and
retain
the
spermatozoa..
Habit
::
Habit (n.) The usual
condition
or state of a
person
or
thing,
either
natural
or
acquired,
regarded
as
something
had,
possessed,
and
firmly
retained;
as, a
religious
habit;
his habit is
morose;
elms have a
spreading
habit;
esp.,
physical
temperament
or
constitution;
as, a full habit of
body..
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