'Detaining' definitions:

Definition of 'Detaining'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. [1913 Webster]
  • Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hold or keep in custody.
  • Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. [1913 Webster]

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