That which is retained.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
That which is retained.
1. The act of retaining or keeping.
2. The power of retaining; the faculty of the mind by which it retains ideas.
3. In medicine, the power of retaining, or that state of contraction in the solid or vascular parts of the body, by which they hold their proper contents and prevent in voluntary evacuations; undue retention of some natural discharge.
4. The act of withholding; restraint.
5. Custody; confinement. [Not in use.]
1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
2. The power of retaining; retentiveness.
3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions.
4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
5. Place of custody or confinement.
6. The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
Having the power to retain; as a retentive memory; the retentive faculty; the retentive force of the stomach; a body retentive of heat or moisture.
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
That which retains or confines; a restraint.
In a retentive manner.
The quality of retention; a retentiveness of memory.
The quality of being retentive.
The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
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