Syn.
— Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.
DETAIL
De"tail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.]
Etym: [Cf. F. détailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
Detail, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Syn. — Detail, Detach. Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
DETAILER
De*tail"er, n.
Defn: One who details.
DETAIN
De*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detained; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining.]
Etym: [F. détenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor.