retains and explains
retains and explains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retain and explain.
Meaning of retain and explain
Verb
retain and explain (third-person singular simple present retains and explains, present participle retaining and explaining, simple past and past participle retained and explained)
- To preserve historical material regarded as problematic (such as statues), with appropriate contextual explanation, rather than destroying it or attempting to erase it from history.
- [W]e have opted in this book to use the word catechesis rather than substitute something in its place. Our strategy is to retain and explain, rather than to reject and replace.2010, J. I. Packer, Gary A. Parrett, Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way, page 31
Questions about retains and explains
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- Retains and explains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retain and explain.
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