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with·draw    Audio Help   [with-draw, with-] Pronunciation Key verb, -drew, -drawn, -draw·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
2.to retract or recall: to withdraw an untrue charge.
3.to cause (a person) to undergo withdrawal from addiction to a substance.
–verb (used without object)
4.to go or move back, away, or aside; retire; retreat: to withdraw from the room.
5.to remove oneself from some activity, competition, etc.: He withdrew before I could nominate him.
6.to cease using or consuming an addictive narcotic (fol. by from): to withdraw from heroin.
7.Parliamentary Procedure. to remove an amendment, motion, etc., from consideration.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME withdrawen. See with-, draw]

with·draw·a·ble, adjective
with·draw·er, noun
with·draw·ing·ness, noun

2. revoke, rescind, disavow. 4. See depart.
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with·draw    Audio Help   (wĭth-drô', wĭth-)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   with·drew (-drōō'), with·drawn (-drôn'), with·draw·ing, with·draws

v.   tr.
    1. To take back or away; remove.
    2. To remove (money) from an account.
    3. To turn away (one's gaze, for example).
    4. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain.
    5. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
    6. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.
    1. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
    2. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.

v.   intr.
    1. To move or draw back; retire.
    2. To retreat from a battlefield.
    3. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
    4. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
    5. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
    6. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.
    1. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
    2. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
    3. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
    4. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.
  1. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
    1. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
    2. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.


[Middle English withdrawen : with, away from; see with + drawen, to pull; see draw.]

with·draw'a·ble adj., with·draw'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
withdraw 
c.1225, "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. Withdrawal is first attested 1824. Reference to addictive drugs is first found in 1897, not common until 1920s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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withdraw

verb
1. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [ant: advance
2. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire
3. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage] [ant: engage
4. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall
5. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn: swallow
6. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude
7. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn
8. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow out
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" [ant: bank
10. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" [syn: retire
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
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

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
withdraw1 [wiðˈdroː] verbpast tense withˈdrew [-ˈdruː]; past participle withˈdrawn
to (cause to) move back or away
Example: The army withdrew from its position; He withdrew his troops; They withdrew from the competition.
Arabic: يَنْسَحِب
Chinese (Simplified): 撤退
Chinese (Traditional): 撤退
Czech: stáhnout (se), odstoupit
Danish: trække sig tilbage; trække tilbage
Dutch: (zich) terugtrekken
Estonian: taanduma, kõrvaldama
Finnish: vetäytyä
French: (se) retirer
German: (sich) zurückziehen
Greek: αποσύρω, αποσύρομαι
Hungarian: visszahúz(ódik); visszavonul
Icelandic: draga (sig) til baka
Indonesian: mundur
Italian: ritirare, ritirarsi
Japanese: 撤退する
Korean: 물러나다; 물러나게 하다
Latvian: atkāpties; atvilkt (karaspēku); izstāties
Lithuanian: pasitraukti, atitraukti
Norwegian: trekke (seg) tilbake
Polish: wycofać (się)
Portuguese (Brazil): retirar(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal): retirar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) retrage
Russian: отходить;отводить; выбывать
Slovak: stiahnuť (sa), odstúpiť
Slovenian: umakniti (se)
Spanish: retirar(se)
Swedish: dra tillbaka, dra sig ur
Turkish: (geri) çekmek, çekilmek
withdraw2 [wiðˈdroː] verb
to take back (something one has said)
Example: She withdrew her remarks, and apologized; He later withdrew the charges he'd made against her.
Arabic: يَسْحَب أقْوالَه
Chinese (Simplified): 收回
Chinese (Traditional): 收回
Czech: vzít zpět
Danish: trække tilbage
Dutch: terugnemen
Estonian: tagasi võtma
Finnish: perua
French: retirer
German: zurücknehmen
Greek: παίρνω πίσω, ανακαλώ
Hungarian: visszavon
Icelandic: taka til baka, *aftur
Indonesian: mencabut
Italian: ritirare
Japanese: 撤回する
Korean: 철회하다
Latvian: ņemt atpakaļ; atsaukt
Lithuanian: atsiimti
Norwegian: trekke tilbake, tilbakekalle, frafalle
Polish: odwołać
Portuguese (Brazil): retirar
Portuguese (Portugal): retirar
Romanian: a retrage
Russian: брать назад (что-л. сказанное)
Slovak: vziať späť
Slovenian: preklicati
Spanish: retirar
Swedish: ta tillbaka, återta
Turkish: geri almak, vazgeçmek
withdraw3 [wiðˈdroː] verb
to remove (money from a bank account etc)
Example: I withdrew all my savings and went abroad.
Arabic: يَسْحَب مالا من البَنْك
Chinese (Simplified): 提取
Chinese (Traditional): 提取
Czech: vyzvednout
Danish: hæve
Dutch: opnemen
Estonian: (raha) välja võtma
Finnish: nostaa
French: retirer
German: abheben
Greek: κάνω ανάληψη
Hungarian: kivesz (összeget számláról)
Icelandic: taka (út)
Indonesian: menarik
Italian: ritirare, prelevare
Japanese: 引き出す
Korean: 인출하다
Latvian: izņemt; noņemt
Lithuanian: išimti
Norwegian: fjerne, ta ut, inndra
Polish: podjąć, wycofać
Portuguese (Brazil): retirar
Portuguese (Portugal): levantar
Romanian: a retrage
Russian: изымать
Slovak: vybrať
Slovenian: dvigniti
Spanish: retirar
Swedish: ta ut
Turkish: çekmek
See also: withdrawn

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: with·draw
Pronunciation: with-'dro, with-
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: with·drew /-'drü/; with·drawn /-'dron/; with·draw·ing /-'dro(-)i[ng]/
transitive senses
: to discontinue use or administration of <withdraw a drug> withdraw intransitive senses
: to become socially or emotionally detached

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: with·draw
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -drew; -drawn; -draw·ing
transitive verb 1 : to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment
2 : to dismiss (a juror) from a jury
3 a : to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or group <withdraw his candidacy> b : to cease to proceed with <withdrew the question after an objection was sustained> c : to take back <withdraw a plea> d : to remove (a motion) from consideration under parliamentary procedure intransitive verb 1 : to remove oneself from participation <withdraw from a case>; specifically : to cease participation in a conspiracy by an affirmative act of renunciation esp. involving confession to the authorities or communication of abandonment to co-conspirators
2 : to remove a motion from consideration under parliamentary procedure

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Withdraw

With\, prep. [OE. with, AS. wi? with, against; akin to AS. wi?er against, OFries. with, OS. wi?, wi?ar, D. weder, we[^e]r (in comp.), G. wider against, wieder gain, OHG. widar again, against, Icel. vi? against, with, by, at, Sw. vid at, by, Dan. ved, Goth. wipra against, Skr. vi asunder. Cf. Withdraw, Withers, Withstand.] With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like. It is used especially:

1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.

Thy servant will . . . fight with this Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 32.

Note: In this sense, common in Old English, it is now obsolete except in a few compounds; as, withhold; withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend, struggle, and the like.

2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.

I will buy with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. --Shak.

Pity your own, or pity our estate, Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate. --Dryden.

See where on earth the flowery glories lie; With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope.

There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler.

Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers. --Addison.

3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.

Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee. --Gen. xxvi. 24.

4. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.

That with these fowls I be all to-rent. --Chaucer.

Thou wilt be like a lover presently, And tire the hearer with a book of words. --Shak.

[He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative. --Addison.

With receiving your friends within and amusing them without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it. --Goldsmith.

5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.

Can blazing carbuncles with her compare. --Sandys.

6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.

With that she told me . . . that she would hide no truth from me. --Sir P. Sidney.

With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope.

With this he pointed to his face. --Dryden.

7. To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. "A maid with clean hands." --Shak.

Note: With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to distinguish their uses. See the Note under By.
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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 move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.

Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. --Hooker.

2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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