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retract |
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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