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Retain
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
- hold back within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"
- keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
- secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
Retake
- noun - a shot or scene that is photographed again
- capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
- photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
- take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
Retama
- noun - small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
Retard
- noun - a person of subnormal intelligence
- be delayed
- cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
- lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
- slow the growth or development of;
Retell
- verb - make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
- render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
- to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
Retems
- noun - desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
Retene
- - A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Retent
- - That which is retained.
Rethor
- - A rhetorician; a careful writer.