Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: detain – devastated
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detain (-ed), v. [Late ME < L. dētinēre, hold, keep back.] (webplay: let).
Withhold; restrain; retard; seize; (see Judges 13:16).
detained, verbal adj. [see detain, v.] (webplay: till).
Withheld; reserved; refrained.
detect (-ed, -ing, detection, -s), v. [L. dētegere, uncover.] (webplay: amber, any, away, discover, earth, himself, light, man, other, out, person, plot, secret, them, thing, word).
- Find; encounter; discover.
- Know; possess; discern.
detention, n. [Fr.]
Delay; arrest; seizure.
deter (-red), v. [L. dēterrēre, frighten from or away.]
Prevent; avert; discourage; dissuade; subdue.
determinately, adv. [L. dētermināt-us, determined.] (webplay: circumstance, law, learned, mind, myself, times).
Knowingly; deliberately; decidedly; with resolve.
determine, v. [OFr < L. dētermināre, bound, limit, fix.] (webplay: death, soul).
Find; judge; decide; resolve; (see Exodus 21:22).
detriment, n. [Fr. < L. dētrīmentum, loss, wear away, impair.]
Damage; injury; handicap; shortcoming; mar; impairment.
devastate (-s), v. [L.]
Destroy; ruin; strip; waste; render desolate.
devastated, verbal adj. [see devastate, v.]
Destroyed; ruined; ravaged.