withdraw
verbEtymology
PIE word *wí From Middle English withdrawen, withdrauen (“to depart, leave, move away; (reflexive) to go away; (reflexive) to leave someone’s service; (often reflexive) to draw back or retreat (from a battlefield or dangerous place), withdraw; to abandon, desert; to go, go forth; to move; of the sea, water, etc.: to (cause to) ebb, recede, subside; to disappear; to slacken, wane; (often reflexive) to cease, stop; to desist, refrain; (reflexive) to go back on, recant; to avoid, eschew; to bring under control, contain, suppress; to curb, curtail; to delay, put off; to demur, refuse; to carry or take away, deprive of, remove; to contract, draw away or in, retract; to deny, refuse; to revoke; to withhold; to divert; to separate; to adopt, borrow, imitate”) [and other forms], from with- (prefix meaning ‘away; back’) + drawen, drauen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw [and other senses]”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)); see further at with- and draw. The English word is analysable as with- + draw.
- inherited from withdrawen
Definitions
To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.
- Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted)
To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- I wyl be his father, and he ſhal be my ſonne. And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him, as I haue withdrawen it frõ him that was before the[e]: […]
- Hee that vvithdravveth the corne, the people vvill curſe him: but bleſſing ſhall bee on the head of him that ſelleth corne.
- Impoſſible it is that God ſhould vvithdravve his preſence from any thing, becauſe the very ſubſtance of God is infinite.
To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance
To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
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To take (one's eyes) off something
To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- The lady looked up; her eyes met those of Mr. Watkins Tottle. She withdrew them in a sweet confusion, and Watkins Tottle did the same—the confusion was mutual.
- With this agreeable speech Monks turned short upon the matron, and bent his fierce gaze upon her, till even she, who was not easily cowed, was fain to withdraw her eyes, and turn them towards the ground.
To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- One [poem] by Hercules Rollock on the marriage of Anne of Denmark is better, and equal, a few names withdrawn, to any of the contemporaneous poetry of France.
To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- The question was put that "The Endeavour" be hired for the occasion; Mr. Alexander Briggs moved as an amendment, that the word "Fly" be substituted for the word "Endeavour;" but after some debate consented to withdraw his opposition.
To take back (a comment, something written, etc.)
To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- to withdraw false charges
To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
- I doe not flie, but aduantagious care, / VVith-drevv me from the ods of multitude, […]
- […] Puſillanimity; by vvhich that ſeems great to him, vvhich other men think a trifle: and vvhatſoever is nevv, or great, and therefore thought fit to be told, vvithdravves a man by degrees from the intended vvay of his diſcourſe.
To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
Chiefly followed by from
Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- VVell daughter, and you gentlevvomen all, / VVithdravv into a chamber by your ſelues, / And vvhen I ſend for you come hither masked: […]
To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not…
To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
To stop taking an addictive drug or substance
To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.
Of a man
Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- Like a fool, I agreed to let him make love to me as long as he withdrew before he ejaculated and he promised he would, but then he didn't.
An act of drawing back or removing
An act of drawing back or removing; a removal, a withdrawal or withdrawing.
- Indeed one of theſe VVitneſſes vvas over perſvvaded by ſome Perſons, to be out of the vvay, upon G. B.’s Trial; but he came aftervvards, vvith ſorrovv for his vvithdravv, and gave in his Teſtimony: […]
Synonym of withdraught (“a dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice based on a plaintiff's…
Synonym of withdraught (“a dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit; a retraxit; also, a fine imposed on a plaintiff for such a dismissal”).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at withdraw. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at withdraw. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at withdraw
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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