English Dictionary: withdrawing | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Withdraw \With*draw"\ (w[icr][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 {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr.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. |