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Definition of retain
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Retain
(v. i.) To
belong;
to
pertain.
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Follower
::
Follower
(n.) One who
follows;
a
pursuer;
an
attendant;
a
disciple;
a
dependent
associate;
a
retainer.
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..
Subsist
::
Subsist
(v. i.) To
continue;
to
retain
a
certain
state.
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..
Irretention
::
Irretention
(n.) Want of
retaining
power;
forgetfulness.
Keep
::
Keep (n.) A cap for
retaining
anything,
as a
journal
box, in
place..
Comedo
::
Comedo
(n.) A small
nodule
or
cystic
tumor,
common
on the nose, etc., which on
pressure
allows
the
escape
of a
yellow
wormlike
mass of
retained
oily
secretion,
with a black head
(dirt)..
Keeper
::
Keeper
(n.) One who
retains
in
custody;
one who has the care of a
prison
and the
charge
of
prisoners.
Cool
::
Cool
(superl.)
Not
retaining
heat;
light;
as, a cool
dress..
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..
Cable
::
Cable (n.) A
large,
strong
rope or
chain,
of
considerable
length,
used to
retain
a
vessel
at
anchor,
and for other
purposes.
It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron
links..
Larvalia
::
Larvalia
(n. pl.) An order of
Tunicata,
including
Appendicularia,
and
allied
genera;
-- so
called
because
certain
larval
features
are
retained
by them
through
life.
Called
also
Copelata.
See
Appendicularia..
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..
Gutta-percha
::
Gutta-percha
(n.) A
concrete
juice
produced
by
various
trees found in the
Malayan
archipelago,
especially
by the
Isonandra,
/
Dichopsis,
Gutta.
It
becomes
soft, and
unpressible
at the
tamperature
of
boiling
water,
and, on
cooling,
retains
its new
shape.
It
dissolves
in oils and
ethers,
but not in
water.
In many of its
properties
it
resembles
caoutchouc,
and it is
extensively
used for many
economical
purposes.
The
Mimusops
globosa
of
Guiana
also
yields
this
material..
Retainment
::
Retainment
(n.) The act of
retaining;
retention.
Perennibranchiata
::
Perennibranchiata
(n. pl.) Those
Batrachia
which
retain
their gills
through
life, as the
menobranchus..
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..
Lien
::
Lien (n.) A legal
claim;
a
charge
upon real or
personal
property
for the
satisfaction
of some debt or duty; a right in one to
control
or hold and
retain
the
property
of
another
until some claim of the
former
is paid or
satisfied.
Stronghand
::
Strong
(superl.)
Applied
to forms in
Anglo-Saxon,
etc., which
retain
the old
declensional
endings.
In the
Teutonic
languages
the vowel stems have held the
original
endings
most
firmly,
and are
called
strong;
the stems in -n are
called
weak other
constant
stems
conform,
or are
irregular..
Ruche
::
Ruche (n.) A pile of
arched
tiles,
used to catch and
retain
oyster
spawn..
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