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Webster 1913 Edition
Retrait
Re-trait′
(rē̍-trāt′)
, Noun.
A portrait; a likeness.
[Obs.]
Whose fair
retrait
I in my shield do bear. Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retrait
RETRA'IT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
retrait
retrait
English
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
- (obsolete) A picture or other visual representation.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
- She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
- Obsolete form of retreat.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus: