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withdraw |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Withdraw \With*draw"\ (w[i^][th]*dr[add]"), v. t. [imp. {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr & vb n. {Withdrawing}.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back to cause to move away or retire; as to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything --Hooker. 2. To take back to recall or retract; as to withdraw false charges. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Withdraw \With*draw"\, v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place to go away as he withdrew from the company. ``When the sea withdrew.'' --King Horn. Syn: To recede; retrograde; go back From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: withdraw v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {retreat}, {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {retire}, {move back}] 2: withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess" [syn: {retire}] 3: release from something that holds fast connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: {disengage}] [ant: {engage}] 4: call back (of faulty goods) [syn: {recall}, {call in}, {call back}] 5: take back what one has said "He swallowed his words" [syn: {swallow}, {take back}, {unsay}] 6: keep away from others "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: {seclude}, {sequester}, {sequestrate}] 7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {retire}] 8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: {bow out}] 9: remove funds, from a bank account; "She drew $2,000 from the account" [syn: {draw}, {take out}] [ant: {deposit}] 10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: {retire}] 11: make a retreat; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise" [syn: {retreat}, {back out}, {back away}, {crawfish}, {crawfish out}]
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