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Adjective
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re=ten=tive

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

a. Array
     Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.  [1913 Webster]
n. 
     That which retains or confines; a restraint.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

, adj.
1 (often foll. by of) tending to retain (moisture etc.).
2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful.
3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something in place.

Derivative
retentively adv. retentiveness n.
Etymology
ME f. OF retentif -ive or med.L retentivus (as RETAIN)

ROGET THESAURUS

Retention

N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.

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