withdraw

withdraw
verb (withdrew; withdrawn; withdrawing) Etymology: Middle English, from with from + drawen to draw Date: 13th century transitive verb 1.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
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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
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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
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<
withdrew their child from the school
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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had withdrawn farther and farther into herself — Ethel Wilson
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3. to recall a motion under parliamentary procedure • withdrawable adjective

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • 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 {Withdrew} ( dr[udd] ); p. p. {Withdrawn} ( dr[add]n ); p. pr.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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • withdraw — [v1] remove something or someone from situation abjure, absent oneself, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw away, draw back, drop out, ease out, eliminate, exfiltrate, exit, extract, fall back, get… …   New thesaurus

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: To recede; retrograde; go back. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • withdraw — early 13c., to take back, from with away + drawen to draw, possibly a loan translation of L. retrahere to retract. Sense of to remove oneself is recorded from c.1300 …   Etymology dictionary

  • withdraw — *go, leave, depart, quit, retire Analogous words: abscond, decamp, *escape, flee, fly: retreat, *recede Contrasted words: arrive, *come …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • withdraw — [withdrô′, withdrô′] vt. withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing [ME withdrawen: see WITH & DRAW] 1. a) to take back or draw back; remove b) to remove from use, consideration, etc. 2. to re …   English World dictionary

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