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Webster 1913 Edition
Detain
De-tain′
(dē̍-tān′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Detained
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Detaining
.] 1.
To keep back or from; to withhold.
Detain
not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor.
2.
To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay;
as, we were
. detained
by an accidentLet us
detain
thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15.
Syn. – To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.
De-tain′
,Noun.
Detention.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Detain
DETAIN
, verb transitive [Latin , to hold. See Tenant.]1.
To keep back or from; to withhold; to keep what belongs to another. detain not the wages of the hireling.2.
To keep or restrain from proceeding, either going or coming; to stay or stop. We were detained by the rain.Let us detain thee, till we have made ready a kid. Judges 13:15.
3.
To hold in custody.