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• ܦ݁ܓ݂ܰܕ݂
• ἔχω
• κρατέω
• חָבַל חָבַל, , חָבַל
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• כָּלָא כָּלָא, , כָּלָה
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RETA'IN, 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. Romans 1 .

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

Whom I would have retained with me. Philippians 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,

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.