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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WITHDRAWN, pp. of withdraw. Recalled; taken back.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn]
2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1615 1. removed from immediate contact or easy approach ; isolated 2. socially detached and unresponsive ; exhibiting withdrawal ; introverted <a shy and withdrawn child> • withdrawnness noun

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 Withdrew (-dr[udd]"); p. p. Withdrawn (-dr[add]n"); p. pr.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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Withdrawn is the past participle of withdraw. 2. Someone who is withdrawn is very quiet, and does not want to talk to other people. Her husband had become withdrawn and moody. ADJ: v-link ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

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