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/rɪtˈeɪnd/ /ritˈeɪnd/ Listen

verb

Retain v. t. (past & past part. retained; pres. part. retaining)

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisible retain." "Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire." "An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator."

To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. "A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense."

To restrain; to prevent. (Obs.)

Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; called also retain wall.

Synonyms: To keep; hold; restrain. See Keep.

Retain v. i.

To belong; to pertain. (Obs.) "A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness."

To keep; to continue; to remain. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Retained" Quotes from Famous Books

... heaved a sigh and shook his head, as if, in spite of that assurance, he still retained some doubts. But at this moment, as if the promise given by the young noble, who had just revealed his social position by telling his name, had stirred the delicacy of those whom he thus guaranteed, ...

— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas

... Africa rendered the employment of native mule and ox drivers almost imperative. A surplus of Army Service Corps drivers was thus created sufficient to enable 600 to be lent to the Royal artillery, leaving enough to be retained for duty at home and abroad. The duties of four remount depots in Cape Colony and one in Natal were also carried out by the Army Service Corps during the first part of the war until relieved by remount depots from ...

— History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) - Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government • Frederick Maurice

... narrowly missed my head, and another which brought down one of my men, made me pause. Discerning all the advantage to be on Bruhl's side, since he could shoot us down from his cover, I cried a retreat; the issue of the matter leaving us masters of the entrance-tower, while they retained the inner and stronger tower, the narrow court between the two being neutral ground ...

— A Gentleman of France • Stanley Weyman

... castle retained much of its mediaeval appearance, and within the new had been cleverly and lovingly grafted onto the old. There were still dungeons enclosed in these massive walls, chambers wherein misery and pain had cried aloud to no effect. There were ...

— The Light That Lures • Percy Brebner

... same day. The Seventeenth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the Third Corps advanced at noon, with the Eighteenth Brigade as its support. It advanced 300 yards on a front a half mile in length, carrying the village, which it retained in spite of all ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

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