Hypertext Webster Gateway: "withdraw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Withdraw \With*draw"\ (w[i^][th]*dr[add]"), v. t. [imp.
{Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p.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 like.
Impossible it is that God should withdraw his
presence from anything. --Hooker.
2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false
charges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Withdraw \With*draw"\, v. i.
To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go
away; as, he withdrew from the company. ``When the sea
withdrew.'' --King Horn.
Syn: To recede; retrograde; go back.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
withdraw
v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {retreat}, {pull
away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {retire}, {move
back}]
2: withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess"
[syn: {retire}]
3: release from something that holds fast. connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his
influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: {disengage}] [ant:
{engage}]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
{recall}, {call in}, {call back}]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
{swallow}, {take back}, {unsay}]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: {seclude}, {sequester}, {sequestrate}]
7: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking
off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a
threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from
the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: {remove}, {take},
{take away}]
8: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {retire}]
9: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could
no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: {bow
out}]
10: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew
$2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical
supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: {draw},
{take out}, {draw off}] [ant: {deposit}]
11: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[syn: {retire}]
12: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: {retreat},
{pull back}, {back out}, {back away}, {crawfish}, {crawfish
out}, {pull in one's horns}]
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