detain
English
Etymology
From Old French detenir. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈteɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪn
Verb
detain (third-person singular simple present detains, present participle detaining, simple past and past participle detained)
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To put under custody.
- (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.
- Jeremy Taylor
- Detain not the wages of the hireling.
- Jeremy Taylor
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
Translations
to detain — see hold
keep someone from proceeding
put under custody
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keep back or from
seize goods for official purposes
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