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Webster Dictionary :: Detention

DETENTION, n. [See Detain .] 1. The act of detaining; a withholding from another...

Webster Dictionary :: Detent

DETENT, n. [L.] A stop in a clock, which by being lifted up or let down, locks a...

Webster Dictionary :: Detenebrate

DETENEBRATE, v.t. [L.] To remove darkness. [Not in use.]

Webster Dictionary :: Detection

DETECTION, n. The act of detecting; discovery of a person or thing attempted to ...

Webster Dictionary :: Detecting

DETECTING, ppr. Discovering; finding out.

Webster Dictionary :: Detecter

DETECTER, n. A discoverer; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal.

Webster Dictionary :: Detected

DETECTED, pp. Discovered; found out; laid open; brought to light.

Webster Dictionary :: Detect

DETECT, v.t. [L., to cover.] Literally, to uncover; hence, to discover; to find ...

Webster Dictionary :: Detainment

DETAINMENT, n. The act of detaining; detention.

Webster Dictionary :: Detaining

DETAINING, ppr. Withholding what belongs to another; holding back; restraining f...

Webster Dictionary :: Detainer

DETAINER, n. 1. One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stop...

Webster Dictionary :: Detained

DETAINED, pp. Withheld; kept back; prevented from going or coming; held; restrai...

Webster Dictionary :: Detainder

DETAINDER, n. A writ. [See Detinue .]

Webster Dictionary :: Detain

DETAIN, v.t. [L., to hold. See Tenant .] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold; t...

Webster Dictionary :: Detailing

DETAILING, ppr. 1. Relating minutely; telling the particulars. 2. Selecting from...

Webster Dictionary :: Detailer

DETAILER, n. One who details.

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