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Webster 1913 Edition
Withdraw
With-draw′
(wĭth-dra̤′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Withdrew
(-drṳ′)
; p. p.
Withdrawn
(-dra̤n′)
; 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 likeImpossible it is that God should
withdraw
his presence from anything. Hooker.
2.
To take back; to recall or retract;
as, to
. withdraw
false chargesWith-draw′
,Verb.
I.
To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away;
“When the sea withdrew.” as, he
. withdrew
from the companyKing Horn.
Syn. – To recede; retrograde; go back.
Webster 1828 Edition
Withdraw
WITHDRAW
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take back; to take from.It is impossible that God should withdraw his presence from any thing.
We say, to withdraw capital from a bank or stock in trade, to withdraw aid or assistance.
2.
To recall; to cause to retire or leave; to call back or away. France has withdrawn her troops from Spain.WITHDRAW
,Verb.
I.
She from her husband soft withdrew.
Definition 2024
withdraw
withdraw
English
Verb
withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)
- (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- Hooker
- Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
- Hooker
- (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
- to withdraw false charges
- (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
- (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
- (intransitive) To retreat.
- (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]
- 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:
- Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.
- 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:
Translations
pull back
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take back
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remove, stop providing
extract (money from an account)
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retreat
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