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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. good at remembering;
- Example: "a retentive mind"
- Example: "tenacious memory"
[syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious]

2. having the capacity to retain something;

3. having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water;
- Example: "soils retentive of moisture"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]tentif.]
   Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
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         Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
         Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retentive \Re*ten"tive\, n.
   That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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