Retain Meaning in Spanish

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1. (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
2. (v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
3. (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.
4. (v. i.) To belong; to pertain.
5. (v. i.) To keep; to continue; to remain.

1. (a.) Capable of being retained.

1. (n.) The act of retaining; retention.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Retain

1. (n.) The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
2. (n.) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
3. (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
4. (n.) Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his masters livery.
5. (n.) One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
6. (n.) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.
7. (n.) One who, or that which, retains.

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retain

1. (n.) The act of retaining; retention.