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Webster 1913 Edition
Withhold
With-hold′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Withheld
; p. p.
Withheld
, Obs. or Archaic
Withholden
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Withholding
.] [
With
again, against, back + hold
.] 1.
To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Withhold
, O sovereign prince, your hasty handFrom knitting league with him.
Spenser.
2.
To retain; to keep back; not to grant;
as, to
. withhold
assent to a propositionForbid who will, none shall from me
Longer thy offered good.
withhold
Longer thy offered good.
Milton.
3.
To keep; to maintain; to retain.
[Obs.]
To
withhold
it the more easily in heart. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Withhold
WITHHOLD
,Verb.
T.
1.
TO hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.Withhold--your hasty hand.
If our passions may be withheld.
2.
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.Definition 2025
withhold
withhold
English
Verb
withhold (third-person singular simple present withholds, present participle withholding, simple past withheld, past participle withheld or (rare) withholden)
- (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
- (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
Synonyms
- (keep (a physical object) to oneself): retain
Derived terms
Translations
to keep an object
|
to keep information
|
to retain