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recant

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recant  \Re*cant"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Recanted};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Recanting}.]  [L.  recantare  recantatum  to  recall, 
  recant;  pref.  re-  re-  +  cantare  to  sing,  to  sound.  See  3d 
  {Cant},  {Chant}.] 
  To  withdraw  or  repudiate  formally  and  publicly  (opinions 
  formerly  expressed);  to  contradict,  as  a  former  declaration; 
  to  take  back  openly;  to  retract;  to  recall. 
 
  How  soon  .  .  .  ease  would  recant  Vows  made  in  pain,  as 
  violent  and  void!  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  To  retract;  recall;  revoke;  abjure;  disown;  disavow.  See 
  {Renounce}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recant  \Re*cant"\,  v.  i. 
  To  revoke  a  declaration  or  proposition;  to  unsay  what  has 
  been  said  to  retract;  as  convince  me  that  I  am  wrong  and  I 
  will  recant.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recant 
  v  :  reject;  "He  retracted  his  earlier  statements  about  his 
  beliefs"  [syn:  {abjure},  {forswear},  {retract}]




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