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    re·tain
    [rəˈtān]
    verb
    retain (verb) · retains (third person present) · retained (past tense) · retained (past participle) · retaining (present participle)
    1. continue to have (something); keep possession of:
      "built in 1830, the house retains many of its original features"
      • not abolish or alter; maintain:
        "the rights of defendants must be retained"
      • keep in one's memory:
        "I retained a few French words and phrases"
    2. absorb and continue to hold (a substance):
      "limestone is known to retain water"
    3. keep (something) in place; hold fixed:
      "the successful design of a cartridge belt requires that the cartridges in it be properly located and retained in that position"
    4. keep (someone) engaged in one's service:
      "he has been retained as a freelance"
      • secure the services of (a person, especially an attorney) with a preliminary payment.
    Origin
    late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
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    verb
    1. continue to have (something); keep possession of:
    2. keep (someone) engaged in one's service:
      keep on the payroll
      have in employment
      put on the payroll
      secure the services of
      take into one's employ
      Opposite:
       
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