retain (v.)

• absorb
• balance
• ballast
• bespeak
• book
• brief
• cherish
• cite
• commission
• conserve
• contain
• counterbalance
• detain
• employ
• engage
• enjoy
• extend
• firm
• freeze
• hire
• hold
• husband
• immobilize
• inhibit
• keep
• lengthen
• maintain
• memorize
• mind
• own
• perpetuate
• possess
• preserve
• prolong
• protract
• recall
• recollect
• recruit
• remember
• remind
• reminisce
• repress
• reserve
• retrospect
• revive
• save
• stabilize
• steady
• stick
• suppress
• sustain
• transfix
• treasure
• withhold