Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retire"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
See {Tirade}.]
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 retire his golden ray. --Sir J.
Davies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Retire \Re*tire"\, v. 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 retire. --Sir J.
Davies.

2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety
or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

Set 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 gulfs.

5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat;
retrocede.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Retire \Re*tire"\, n.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

retire
v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw
from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
2: withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess"
[syn: {withdraw}]
3: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {retreat},
{pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {move
back}]
4: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" [syn: {recede},
{fall back}] [ant: {advance}]
5: withdraw from circulation or form the market, as of bills,
shares, and bonds
6: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {withdraw}]
7: make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the
scandal
8: dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old
coat" [syn: {pension off}]
9: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[syn: {withdraw}]
10: in baseball: "The pitcher retired three batters" [syn: {put
out}]
11: go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at
midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn" [syn: {go
to bed}, {turn in}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit the hay},
{hit the sack}, {get into bed}, {sack out}, {go to sleep}]
[ant: {get up}, {get up}]


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