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Webster 1913 Edition
Retentive
Re-ten′tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
rétentif
.] Having power to retain;
as, a
. retentive
memoryNor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be
Can be
retentive
to the strength of spirit. Shakespeare
Re-ten′tive
,Noun.
That which retains or confines; a restraint.
[R.]
Bp. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retentive
RETEN'TIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
retentive
retentive
English
Adjective
retentive (comparative more retentive, superlative most retentive)
- Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caeser', Act 1 Scene 3
- Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caeser', Act 1 Scene 3
- (slang, apocope) anal-retentive
Noun
retentive (plural retentives)
- (obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
References
- retentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913