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Definition of retain
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Retain
(v. t.) To
restrain;
to
prevent.
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Revetment
::
Revetment
(v. t.) A
facing
of wood,
stone,
or any other
material,
to
sustain
an
embankment
when it
receives
a slope
steeper
than the
natural
slope;
also, a
retaining
wall..
Stank
::
Stank (n.) Water
retained
by an
embankment;
a pool
water.
Rack
::
Rack (a.) An
instrument
or frame used for
stretching,
extending,
retaining,
or
displaying,
something..
Cognizance
::
Cognizance
(n.) The
distinguishing
mark worn by an armed
knight,
usually
upon the
helmet,
and by his
retainers
and
followers:
Hence,
in
general,
a badge worn by a
retainer
or
dependent,
to
indicate
the
person
or party to which he
belonged;
a token by which a thing may be
known..
Retain
::
Retain
(v. t.) To keep in pay; to
employ
by a
preliminary
fee paid; to hire; to
engage;
as, to
retain
a
counselor..
Abridge
::
Abridge
(v. t.) To
shorten
or
contract
by using fewer
words,
yet
retaining
the
sense;
to
epitomize;
to
condense;
as, to
abridge
a
history
or
dictionary..
Remora
::
Remora
(n.) An
instrument
formerly
in use,
intended
to
retain
parts in their
places..
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..
Evergreen
::
Evergreen
(a.)
Remaining
unwithered
through
the
winter,
or
retaining
unwithered
leaves
until the
leaves
of the next year are
expanded,
as pines
cedars,
hemlocks,
and the
like..
Reformado
::
Reformado
(v. t.) An
officer
who, in
disgrace,
is
deprived
of his
command,
but
retains
his rank, and
sometimes
his pay..
Tenacious
::
Tenacious
(a.) Apt to
retain;
retentive;
as, a
tenacious
memory..
Occlude
::
Occlude
(v. t.) To take in and
retain;
to
absorb;
-- said
especially
with
respect
to
gases;
as iron,
platinum,
and
palladium
occlude
large
volumes
of
hydrogen..
Sacrist
::
Sacrist
(n.) A
sacristan;
also, a
person
retained
in a
cathedral
to copy out music for the
choir,
and take care of the
books..
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..
Retainer
::
Retainer
(n.)
Hence,
a
servant,
not a
domestic,
but
occasionally
attending
and
wearing
his
master's
livery..
Retention
::
Retention
(n.) The right of
withholding
a debt, or of
retaining
property
until a debt due to the
person
claiming
the right be duly paid; a
lien..
Holding
::
Holding
(n.) The act or state of
sustaining,
grasping,
or
retaining..
Ideation
::
Ideation
(n.) The
faculty
or
capacity
of the mind for
forming
ideas;
the
exercise
of this
capacity;
the act of the mind by which
objects
of sense are
apprehended
and
retained
as
objects
of
thought.
Costive
::
Costive
(a.)
Retaining
fecal
matter
in the
bowels;
having
too slow a
motion
of the
bowels;
constipated.
Scapulary
::
Scapulary
(n.) A
bandage
passing
over the
shoulder
to
support
it, or to
retain
another
bandage
in
place..
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