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re⋅tire
[ri-tahyuh
r] 
verb, -tired, -tir⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study. |
| 2. | to go to bed: He retired at midnight. |
| 3. | to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty. |
| 4. | to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc. |
| 5. | to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem. |
| 7. | to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat. |
| 8. | to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive. |
| 9. | to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use. |
| 10. | Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.). |
–noun Literary.
| 11. | a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat. |
| 12. | retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others. |
re⋅ti⋅ré
[Fr. ruh-tee-rey] –noun, plural -ti⋅rés [Fr. -tee-rey] . Ballet.
[Fr. -tee-rey] . Ballet. | a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position. |
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| re·tire (rĭ-tīr') v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires v. intr.
[French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw; see tier1.] |
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Retire
Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. 3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.Retire
Re*tire"\, v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. To Una back he cast him to retire. --Spenser. The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. --2 Sam. xi. 15. 3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. And from Britannia's public posts retire. --Addison. 4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. 5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early. Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.Retire
Re*tire"\, n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] The battle and the retire of the English succors. --Bacon. [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. --Milton. 2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
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Language Translation for : retire
Spanish:
retirarse, jubilarse,
German:
in den Ruhestand treten,
Japanese:
退職する
retire
1533, of armies, "to retreat," from M.Fr. retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" + O.Fr. tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Meaning "to withdraw to some place for the sake of seclusion" is recorded from 1538; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1648 (implied in retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1670. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874. Retiree is attested from 1945.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·tire
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: re·tired; re·tir·ing
intransitive verb : to withdraw from an action
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