Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retired"
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)
Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
officer; a retired physician.
{Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
of the work.
{Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
from active service, but still receive a specified amount
of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
{Re*tired"ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retired
adj 1: no longer active in your work or profession
2: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your
title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in
"professor emeritus"; "retired from `assigned duties'"
does not necessarily imply that one is inactive [syn: {emeritus}]
3: (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was
tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
[syn: {out(p)}] [ant: {safe(p)}]
4: (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was
placed out of service after the war" [syn: {out of service}]
5: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: {superannuated}]
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