Hypertext Webster Gateway: "withdrawing"

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{Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p.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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

withdrawing
adj : forced withdrawal; "pursued the withdrawing redcoats"


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