Lexicon: detained – develop

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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).

  1. Find; encounter; discover.
  2. Know; possess; discern.

detention, n. [Fr. détention.]

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 determine-r < L. dētermināre, bound, limit, fix.] (webplay: death, soul).

Find; judge; decide; resolve; (see Exodus 21:22).

detriment, n. [Fr. détriment < L. dētrīmentum, loss, wear away, impair.]

Damage; injury; handicap; shortcoming; mar; impairment.

devastate (-s), v. [L. dēvastāt-.]

Destroy; ruin; strip; waste; render desolate.

devastated, verbal adj. [see devastate, v.]

Destroyed; ruined; ravaged.

develop (develope, -ed, -s), v. [Fr.] (webplay: disclose, exhibition, known, lay, make, plan).

  1. Nurture; foster; cause to grow.
  2. Acquire; grow; unfold; unveil; disclose.