de|tain´ing|ly

de|tain´ing|ly
de|tain «dih TAYN», transitive verb.
1. to keep from going; hold back; delay; retard: »

The heavy traffic detained us for almost an hour. I was detained…partly by the rain, and partly by company that I liked very much (William Cobbett).

2. to keep from going away; hold as a prisoner: »

The police detained the suspected thief for questioning.

SYNONYM(S): confine.
3. Archaic. to withhold.
╂[< Old French detenir < Latin dētinēre < dē- from, away + tenēre hold]
–de|tain´ing|ly, adverb.

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