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retire |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr & vb n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See {Tirade}.] 1. To withdraw; to take away -- sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retire \Re*tire"\, v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. To Una back he cast him to retire. --Spenser. The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in And to herself she gladly doth retire. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as to retire from battle. Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him that he may be smitten, and die. --2 Sam. xi 15. 3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as having made a large fortune, he retired. And from Britannia's public posts retire. --Addison. 4. To recede; to fall or bend back as the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. 5. To go to bed; as he usually retires early. Syn: To withdraw; leave depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retire \Re*tire"\, n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also a place to which one retires. [Obs.] The battle and the retire of the English succors. --Bacon. [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. --Milton. 2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retire v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" 2: withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess" [syn: {withdraw}] 3: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {retreat}, {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {move back}] 4: move back and away from "The enemy fell back" [syn: {recede}, {fall back}] [ant: {advance}] 5: withdraw from circulation or form the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds 6: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {withdraw}] 7: make someone retire; "The director was retired after the scandal 8: dispose of as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat" [syn: {pension off}] 9: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: {withdraw}] 10: in baseball: "The pitcher retired three batters" [syn: {put out}] 11: go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight" [syn: {go to bed}, {turn in}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit the hay}, {hit the sack}, {get into bed}, {sack out}, {go to sleep}] [ant: {get up}, {get up}]
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