: to retain in one's possession or power
: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing
: to have in control
: the means or provisions by which one is kept
: one that keeps or protects: such as
: fortress, castle
: a written document that may be rolled up : scroll
: a manuscript book
: a list of names or related items : catalog
: to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a surface
: to cause to revolve by turning over and over on or as if on an axis
: to cause to move in a circular manner
: a sound produced by rapid strokes on a drum
: a sonorous and often rhythmical flow of speech
: a heavy reverberatory sound
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