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Definition of Detained
1. detain [v] - See also: detain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detained
Literary usage of Detained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Emmerich de Vattell (1797)
"... but detained as a pledge for the fecu- rity of any other ... But the duke
formed new prétendons, and detained the ..."
2. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"of all the faithful, from the death of the righteous Abel to the death of Christ,
were detained ; and there dissolving all the power by which they were ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"After the birth of a son he deserted his wife and went to London to ply his trade,
but getting into debt he was detained in the Wood Street prison, ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"The King detained man. About two hundred of the unfortunate strangers made a
gallant attempt to return to their own country. They seized a richly laden East ..."
5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"Justifies the action of His Majesty's Government and requests immediate release
of British mails detained in Sweden 22 22 23 24 24 ..."
6. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1886)
"detained IN PORT. — VARIETY OF MEDUS. ... it is also overcrowded on account of
the number of persons bound northward, who have been detained in Rio ..."
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