detain, detayne, deteigne

t. [Fr. dé tenir; Lat. detineo to keep or hold back: de = away, from, and teneo to hold; Sp. & Port. de. tener; Ital. detenere.] 1. To keep or hold back that which belongs to another; to withhold. "No longer then (his fury if thou dread) Detain the relics of great Hector dead." Pope : Homer's Iliad , xxiv. 171, 172. "The interest of the sum fraudulently detained in the Exchequer by the Cabal," -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. 2. To withhold, to keep back. IMG:content-2300.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To restrain or delay from proceeding; to stop. "But adverse winds detained him three weeks at the Hague."-Macaulay. Hist. Eng . , ch. xxv. 4. To keep in custody or confinement. is authorized to detain the party "A constable suspected."-Black stone: Comment., uk. iv., ch. xxi. For the difference between to detain and to hold, see HOLD. *de-tain', *de-taine, s. [DETAIN, v.] Deten tion. IMG:content-2301.png:[blocks in formation] *dě tainal, s. [Eng. detain; -al.] The act of detaining; detention. ( W. Taylor : Annual Review (1806), vol. iv., p. 116.) dě-tāin-der, s . [DETAIN, V.] Law : A writ for holding one in custody. Probably the word is a corruption for detainer (q. v.). , pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot Syrian. æ, cœ = è; ey = detained