Found 3 items, similar to Retract.
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: retract retract v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs” [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, resile] 2: pull away from a source of disgust or fear [syn: shrink back ] 3: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) [syn: pull back, draw back] 4: pull inward or towards a center; “The pilot drew in the landing gear”; “The cat retracted his claws” [syn: draw in ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Retract Retract \Re*tract"\, v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. [1913 Webster] 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. [1913 Webster] She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. --Granville. [1913 Webster] Retract \Re*tract"\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. [1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. [1913 Webster] I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. [1913 Webster] Syn: To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown. [1913 Webster] Retract \Re*tract"\, n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe. [1913 Webster]