Crossword clues for retained
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retain \Re*tain"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retained (r[-e]*t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.] [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention, Retinue.]
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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.''
--Shak.Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire.
--Milton.An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator.
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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.
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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; restrain. See Keep.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: retain)
WordNet
adj. continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered" [syn: maintained]
Usage examples of "retained".
He gave two keys to Van Deef and retained the second set in his own pocket.
When all of mainland Hellas fell under Tiberian rule, Kriti retained its sovereign status.
After he was put in charge, the suppliers retained by the castle were soon much happier.
Ethel stood naked and scrawny before them, coughing into a retained cloth, shivering despite the close heat of all their bodies.
Fortunately I was in motion toward the gate at that time and retained enough sense to grasp the doorknob before falling through it.
He retained his shock of black hair, along with hair at chest, pubes and legs.
He counted eight naked men and five naked women plus the headmistress, who still retained her single sheer gown through which dark nipples and the darker pubic triangle could be seen when the light fell at the proper angle.
He smiled grimly and retained it in his hand as he returned to the office.
Marn Space bottle, which retained a record of her accepting all three simultaneously.
Her arm and leg were thrown over him and she yet retained his manhood -- amazingly in the ready state.
For example, I believe she had retained the ability to erase recorders.
Soul remains bound up with it: the harmony within the body, by virtue of which the Soul was retained, is broken and it can no longer hold its guest.
This is confirmed by the fact that many satisfactions which the desiring faculty has enjoyed are not retained in the memory: if memory resided in the desiring faculty, such forgetfulness could not be.
She held him at constant field again, through that contact, and tipped him back to duoconsciousness, so that his awareness of her went deep, deep into her body, luxuriating in its nager while at the same time he retained his keen, hypoconscious awareness of her touch.
No longer young, the Lady of Marsilikos retained an abundant beauty, deepened with the passage of years.