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Webster 1913 Edition
Retire
Re-tire′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Retired
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Retiring
.] 1.
To withdraw; to take away; – sometimes used reflexively.
He . . .
retired
himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney.
As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth
And never doth
retire
his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.
2.
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay;
as, to
retire
bonds; to retire
a note.3.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list;
as, to
. retire
a military or naval officerRe-tire′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy;
as, to
retire
to his home; to retire
from the world, or from notice.To Una back he cast him to
retire
. Spenser.
The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
And to herself she gladly doth
And to herself she gladly doth
retire
. Sir J. Davies.
2.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure;
as, to
. retire
from battleSet Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and
retire
ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15.
3.
To withdraw from a public station, or from business;
as, having made a large fortune, he
. retired
And from Britannia’s public posts
retire
. Addison.
4.
To recede; to fall or bend back;
as, the shore of the sea
. retires
in bays and gulfs5.
To go to bed;
as, he usually
. retires
early
Syn. – To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.
Re-tire′
,Noun.
1.
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
[Obs.]
The battle and the
retire
of the English succors. Bacon.
[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her
retire
. Milton.
2.
(Mil.)
A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retire
RETI'RE
, v.i.1.
To withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice.2.
To retreat from action or danger; as, to retire from battle.3.
To withdraw from a public station. General Washington, in 1796, retired to private life.4.
To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock.5.
To depart or withdraw for safety or for pleasure. Men retire from the town in summer for health and pleasure. But in South Carolina, the planters retire from their estates to Charleston, or to an isle near the town.6.
To recede; to fall back. The shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.RETI'RE
,Verb.
T.
He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest.
As when the sun is present all the year, and never doth retire his golden ray.
[This transitive use of retire is now obsolete.]
RETI'RE
,Noun.
1.
Retreat; recession; a withdrawing. Obs.2.
Retirement; place of privacy. Obs.