1. retain - Noun
2. retain - Verb
To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
To restrain; to prevent.
To belong; to pertain.
To keep; to continue; to remain.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhile the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years. Abraham Lincoln
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense... Beatrix Potter
The steed does not retain its speed forever. Irish Proverb
Youth sheds many a skin. The steed does not retain its speed forever. Irish Proverb
Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. Hindi Proverb