LekhoriLekhoriOften followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
Upon vvhich Prince Henry enraged, took up the Cheſs-board, and ſtruck the Dauphin vvith ſuch Fury on the Head, that he laid him bleeding on the Ground, and had killed him if his Brother Robert had not retained him, and made him ſenſible hovv much more it concerned him to make his Eſcape than purſue his Revenge, […]
Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
[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: […]
To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
From Late Middle English reteinen, retein (“to continue to keep, retain; to continue to possess; to possess; to contain; to draw back, retire; to hold back, restrain; to keep in mind, remember; to tak...
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Synonym of retinue (“a group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important”).