5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retract \Re*tract"\, v. i.
1. To draw back to draw up as muscles retract after
amputation.
2. To take back what has been said to withdraw a concession
or a declaration.
She will and she will not she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then files.
--Granville.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retract \Re*tract"\, n. (Far.)
The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retracted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Retracting}.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare,
retractatum to handle again reconsider, retract, fr
retrahere retractum to draw back See {Retreat}.]
1. To draw back to draw up or shorten; as the cat can
retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take
back as to retract an accusation or an assertion.
I would as freely have retracted this charge of
idolatry as I ever made it --Bp.
Stillingfleet
3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to
revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward.
Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow;
recant; abjure; disown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retract \Re*tract"\, n.
Retreat. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
retract
v 1: reject; "He retracted his earlier statements about his
beliefs" [syn: {abjure}, {recant}, {forswear}]
2: shrink back as in fear [syn: {shrink back}]
3: as of a plane's landing gear [syn: {draw in}]
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