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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 {Withdrew} (-dr[udd]"); p. p. {Withdrawn} (-dr[add]n"); p. pr.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. [1913 Webster] Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: withdraw 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}]