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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detain \De*tain"\ (d[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr & vb n. {Detaining}.] [F. d['e]tenir, L. detinere detentum de + tenere to hold See {Tenable}.] 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 accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detain \De*tain"\, n. Detention. [Obs.] --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: detain v 1: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: {confine}] [ant: {free}] 2: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: {stay}, {delay}] 3: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather" [syn: {delay}, {hold up}] [ant: {rush}]
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