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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WITHDRAW, v.t. [with and draw.]
1. To take back; to take from.
It is impossible that God should withdraw his presence from any thing.
We say, to withdraw capital from a bank or stock in trade, to withdraw aid or assistance.
2. To recall; to cause to retire or leave; to call back or away. France has withdrawn her troops from Spain.
WITHDRAW, v.i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place. We withdrew from the company at ten oclock.
She from her husband soft withdrew.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant: engage, lock, mesh, operate]
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, withdraw]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw]
7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire]
8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow out, withdraw]
9: 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: withdraw, draw, take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire, withdraw]
11: 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, withdraw]
12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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, withdraw]

Merriam Webster's

verb (withdrew; withdrawn; withdrawing) Etymology: Middle English, from with from + drawen to draw Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to take back or away ; remove <pressure upon educational administrators to withdraw academic credit — J. W. Scott> b. to remove from use or cultivation c. to remove (money) from a place of deposit d. to turn away (as the eyes) from an object of attention <withdrew her gaze> e. to draw (as a curtain) back or aside 2. a. to remove from consideration or set outside a group <withdrew his name from the list of nominees> <withdrew their child from the school> b. (1) take back, retract (2) to recall or remove (a motion) under parliamentary procedure intransitive verb 1. a. to move back or away ; retire b. to draw back from a battlefield ; retreat 2. a. to remove oneself from participation b. to become socially or emotionally detached <had withdrawn farther and farther into herself — Ethel Wilson> 3. to recall a motion under parliamentary procedure • withdrawable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (past withdrew; past part. withdrawn) 1 tr. pull or take aside or back (withdrew my hand). 2 tr. discontinue, cancel, retract (withdrew my support; the promise was later withdrawn). 3 tr. remove; take away (withdrew the child from school; withdrew their troops). 4 tr. take (money) out of an account. 5 intr. retire or go away; move away or back. 6 intr. (as withdrawn adj.) abnormally shy and unsociable; mentally detached. Phrases and idioms: withdrawing-room archaic = DRAWING-ROOM 1. Derivatives: withdrawer n. Etymology: ME f. with- away (as WITH) + DRAW

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(withdraws, withdrawing, withdrew, withdrawn) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you withdraw something from a place, you remove it or take it away. (FORMAL) He reached into his pocket and withdrew a sheet of notepaper... Cassandra withdrew her hand from Roger's. = remove VERB: V n, V n from n 2. When groups of people such as troops withdraw or when someone withdraws them, they leave the place where they are fighting or where they are based and return nearer home. He stated that all foreign forces would withdraw as soon as the crisis ended... Unless Hitler withdrew his troops from Poland by 11 o'clock that morning, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany... Troops withdrew from the north east of the country last March. VERB: V, V n from n, V from n, also V to n 3. If you withdraw money from a bank account, you take it out of that account. Open a savings account that does not charge ridiculous fees to withdraw money... They withdrew 100 dollars from a bank account after checking out of their hotel. VERB: V n, V n from n 4. If you withdraw from an activity or organization, you stop taking part in it. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks. VERB: V from n, also V 5. If you withdraw a remark or statement that you have made, you say that you want people to ignore it. (FORMAL) He withdrew his remarks and explained what he had meant to say. = retract VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Remove, subduct, subduce, subtract, take away, draw out, draw back. 2. Wean, disengage, draw off. 3. Retract, recall, recant, disavow, revoke, abjure, take back. II. v. n. Retire, retreat, secede, depart, decamp, go away, be off, go off.

Moby Thesaurus

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