Hypertext Webster Gateway: "withhold"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},
Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Withholding}.]
[With again, against, back + hold.]
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From
knitting league with him. --Spenser.
2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold
assent to a proposition.
Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer
thy offered good. --Milton.
3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]
To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
withhold
v 1: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is
withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
[syn: {keep back}]
2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My
employer is withholding taxes" [syn: {deduct}, {recoup}]
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