Retainment - Retire

5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.
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Retainment (?), n. The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
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Retake (?), v. t. 1. To take or receive again.
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2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
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Retaker (?), n. One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.
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Retaliate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retaliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaliating.] [L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf. .] To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]
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One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert.
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It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.
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Retaliate, v. i. To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
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Retaliation (?), n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
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God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.
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Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
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Retaliative (?), a. Same as .
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Retaliatory (?), a. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
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Retard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See .] 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.
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2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
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Syn. -- To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.
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Retard, v. i. To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
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Retard, n. 1. Retardation; delay.
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2. A mentally retarded person. [Colloq. and disparaging]
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3. a person who is stupid or inept, especially in social situations. [Colloq. and disparaging]
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Coloq. Retard of the tide , or Coloq. Age of the tide , the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under . Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Retardation (?), n. [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.] 1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.
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The retardations of our fluent motion. De Quinsey.
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2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
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Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations. Sir W. Scott.
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3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
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4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
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Coloq. Retardation of the tide . (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under , n.
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Retardative (?), a. [Cf. F. retardatif.] Tending, or serving, to retard.
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Retarded, n. having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as Coloq. mentally retarded ; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks.
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Retarder (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, retards.
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2. (Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire.
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3. (Photog.) A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a developer to retard its action.
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Retardment (?), n. [Cf. F. retardement.] The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.
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Retch (rĕch or rēch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched (rĕcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] [AS. hræcan to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.]
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Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
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Retch, v. t. & i. [See .] To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Retchless, a. Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden.
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--- Retchlessly, adv. -- Retchlessness, n. [Obs.]
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Rete (?), n. [L., a net.] (Anat.) A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
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Retecious (?), a. [L. rete a net.] Resembling network; retiform.
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Retection (?), n. [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.] Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Retell (?), v. t. To tell again.
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Retene (?), n. [Gr. �� pine resin.] (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
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Retent (?), n. [L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See .] That which is retained. Hickok.
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Retention (?), n. [L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See .] 1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
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2. The power of retaining; retentiveness.
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No woman's heart
So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.
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3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a �� of preserving impressions. [R.] Shak.
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4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. Shak.
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5. Place of custody or confinement.
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6. (Law) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig.
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Coloq. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.
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Retentive (?), a. [Cf. F. rétentif.] Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
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Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
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Retentive, n. That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Retentively, adv. In a retentive manner.
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Retentiveness, n. The quality of being retentive.
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Retentivity (?), n. The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
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Retentor (?), n. [L., a retainer.] (Zoöl.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of .
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Retepore (?), n. [L. rete a net + porus pore.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
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Retex (?), v. t. [L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave. ] To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
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Retexture (?), n. The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.
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Rethor (?), n. [Cf. F. rhéteur. See .] A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.]
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If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer.
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Rethoryke (?), n. Rhetoric. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Retiarius (?), n. [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
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Retiary (?), n. [See .] 1. (Zoöl.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
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2. A retiarius.
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Retiary, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.] 1. Netlike.
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This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
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2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
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3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
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Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.
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Reticence (?), n. [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.] 1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.
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Such fine reserve and noble reticence. Tennyson.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
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Reticency (?), n. Reticence.
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Reticent (?), a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See .] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
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Reticle (?), n. [See .] 1. A small net.
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2. A reticule. See , 2. [R.]
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Reticular (?), a. [Cf. F. réticulaire. See .] 1. Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
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Reticularia (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.
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Reticularian (?), n. (Zoöl). One of the Reticularia.
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Reticularly, adv. In a reticular manner.
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{ Reticulate (?), Reticulated (?) }, a. [L. reticulatus. See .] 1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
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2. Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.
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Coloq. Reticulated glass , ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane. -- Coloq. Reticulated micrometer , a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. -- Coloq. Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.
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Reticulation (?), n. The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.
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The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle.
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Reticule (?), n.. [F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net. Cf. , .] 1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.
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2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
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Reticulosa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Reticulose (?), a. Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.
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Coloq. Reticulose rhizopod (Zoöl.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.
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Reticulum (?), n.;pl. Reticula (#). [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.
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Retiform (?), a. [L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.] Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
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Retina (?), n. [NL., from L. rete a net. Cf. .] (Anat.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See .
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☞ The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory layer (called Jacob's membrane), containing the rods and cones, is on the back side, next the choroid coat.
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Retinaculum (?), n.; pl. Retinacula (#). [L., a holdfast, a band. See .] 1. (Anat.) (a) A connecting band; a frænum; as, the retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves. (b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
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2. (Zoöl) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
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3. (Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
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Retinal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the retina.
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Coloq. Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.
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Retinal (?), n. (Chem.) A retinoid compound (C20H28O), closely related to vitamin A, which is a component of the visual pigments in the eye. It is also called retinaldehyde and vitamin A aldehyde.
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Retinalite (?), n. [Gr. �� resin + -lite.] (Min.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.
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{ Retinasphalt (?), Retinasphaltum (?), } n. [Gr. �� resin + �� asphalt.] (Min.) Retinite.
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Retinerved (?), a. [L. rete a net + E. nerve.] (Bot.) Having reticulated veins.
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Retineum (?), n.; pl. Retinea (#). [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
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Retinic (?), a. [Gr. �� resin.] (Min. Chem.) Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.
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Retinite (?), n. [Gr.�� resin: cf. F. rétinite.] (Min.) An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.
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Retinitis (?), n. [NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + -tis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the retina.
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Retinoic acid (?), n. (Chem.) A retinoid compound (C20H28O2), closely related to vitamin A. It is also called tretinoin and vitamin A acid.
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Retinoid (?), a. [Gr. �� resin + -oid.] Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.
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Retinol (?), n. [Gr. �� resin + L. oleum oil.] 1. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon oil C32H16, obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an antiseptic, and in printer's ink.
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2. One of the compounds which function as vitamin A. Called also vitamin A, vitamin A1 and vitamin A alcohol. See .
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Retinophora (?), n.; pl. Retiniphoræ (#). [NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + Gr. ferein to bear.] (Zoöl.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillæ. See Illust. under .
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Retinophoral (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to retinophoræ.
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Retinoscopy (?), n. [Retina + -scopy.] (Physiol.) The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
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Retinue (?), n. [OE. retinue, OF. retinue, fr. retenir to retain, engage, hire. See .] The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
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Others of your insolent retinue. Shak.
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What followers, what retinue canst thou gain? Milton.
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Coloq. To have at one's retinue , to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Retinula (?), n.; pl. Retinulæ (#). [NL., dim. of NL. & E. retina.] (Zoöl.) One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophoræ of invertebrates. See Illust. under .
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Retinulate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having, or characterized by, retinul�.
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Retiped (?), n. [L. rete a net + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. rétinopède.] (Zoöl.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
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Retiracy (?), n. Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett.
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What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.
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Retirade (?), n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See .] (Fort.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reëntering angle.
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Retire (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See .] 1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney.
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As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.
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