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Word entry · 6 letters

retain

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"Keep"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈteɪn/Part of speech verbSorted aeinrtStarts with REnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. keep in one's mind

Used in a sentence

  • water retained by a dam
  • [I]f diſtilled Vinegar or Aquafortis be povvred upon the povvder of Loadſtone, the ſubſiding povvder dryed, retaines ſome magneticall vertue, and vvill be attracted by the Loadſtone: […]
  • Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For vve create thee Earle of Richmond heere, […]

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