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▪ I. deˈtaining, vbl. n.
[f. detain v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb detain; detention, withholding, † seizure, etc. (Now usually gerundial.)
a1535More Wks. 386 (R.) That their paine in the fire wer but a detaining therin by some strenger power then themselfe. 1572Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §50 Taking and deteining of prisoners, ransounes, buitinges. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 125 He then conceived the cause of his detaining. 1632tr. Bruel's Praxis Med. 97 Catalepsis is a sudden detaining both of soule and body. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. ix. (R.), To shew the cause of his detaining in prison. 1795Jemima I. 165 He scorned your detainings.
▪ II. deˈtaining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That detains; see the verb.
1822T. Taylor Apuleius vi. 121 The detaining earth. 1865Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. Introd. (1868) 25 The detaining power of a dogmatizing effort.
Hence deˈtainingly adv.
1856Titan Mag. Aug. 119/2 He gazed at her entreatingly and detainingly. 1880Argosy XXIX. 388 Laying her hand detainingly upon his arm. |