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RETA'IN, v.t. [L. retineo; re and teneo, to hold.]

1. To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss. The memory retains ideas which facts or arguments have suggested to the mind.

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge. Rom. 1.

2. To keep, as an associate; to keep from departure.

Whom I would have retained with me. Phil. 13.

3. To keep back; to hold.

An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator.

4. To hold from escape. Some substances retain heat much longer than others. Metals readily receive and transmit heat, but do not long retain it. Seek cloths that retain their color.

5. To keep in pay; to hire.

A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense.

6. To engage; to employ by a fee paid; as, to retain a counselor.

RETA'IN, v.i.

1. To belong to; to depend on; as coldness mixed with a somewhat languid relish retaining to bitterness.

[Not in use. We now use pertain.]

2. To keep; to continue. [Not in use.]
1913 Definition
Retain (retain)
v. t.(?)
Re*tain"
[imp. *** p. p. Retained (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Retaining.] [F. retainir, L. retinere] pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein
  1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
    "Thy shape invisibleretain." Shak.

    Be obedient, and retain
    Unalterably firm his love entire.     Milton.

    An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. Blackstone.

  2. 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. Addison.

  3. To restrain; to prevent.
    [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

    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.

    Syn. -- To keep; hold; retrain. See Keep.

  4. To belong; to pertain.
    [Obs.]

    A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle.

  5. To keep; to continue; to remain.
    [Obs.] Donne.
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