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Feb 12, 2012
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de•tain



Pronunciation: (di-tān'), [key]
—v.t.
1. to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
2. to keep under restraint or in custody.
3. Obs.to keep back or withhold, as from a person.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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