Detain
41detain — de·tain …
42detain — [dɪˈteɪn] verb [T] 1) to not allow someone to leave a POLICE STATION or prison 2) formal to delay someone who has to go somewhere …
43detain — de•tain [[t]dɪˈteɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to keep from proceeding; delay 2) to keep under restraint 3) Obs. to withhold • Etymology: 1480–90; < OF detenir « L dētinēe=dē de + tinēre, from tenēre to hold de•tain′a•ble, adj. de•tain′ment, n …
44detain — /dəˈteɪn / (say duh tayn) verb (t) 1. to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay. 2. to keep under restraint or in custody. 3. to keep back or withhold, as from a person. {late Middle English detaine(n), from Old French detenir, from Latin… …
45detain — Kāohi, au a, pa a, ho olohi. Also: kāua, kāwa u …
46detain — To retain as the possession of personalty. To arrest, to check, to delay, to hinder, to hold, or keep in custody, to retard, to restrain from proceeding, to stay, to stop, to withhold. State v. King, 303 S.W.2d 930, 934. See confinement custody …
47detain — To retain as the possession of personalty. To arrest, to check, to delay, to hinder, to hold, or keep in custody, to retard, to restrain from proceeding, to stay, to stop, to withhold. State v. King, 303 S.W.2d 930, 934. See confinement custody …
48detain — v.tr. 1 keep in confinement or under restraint. 2 keep waiting; delay. Derivatives: detainment n. Etymology: ME f. OF detenir ult. f. L detinere detent (as DE , tenere hold) …
49Detained — 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. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of …
50Detaining — 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. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of …
