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withdrew

[with-droo, with-] Origin

with·drew

[with-droo, with-]
verb
simple past tense of withdraw.
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with·draw

[with-draw, with-] 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 (followed by from): to withdraw from heroin.
7.
Parliamentary Procedure. to remove an amendment, motion, etc., from consideration.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English withdrawen. See with-, draw

with·draw·a·ble, adjective
with·draw·er, noun
with·draw·ing·ness, noun
non·with·draw·a·ble, adjective
un·with·draw·a·ble, adjective
EXPAND
un·with·draw·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE


2. revoke, rescind, disavow. 4. See depart.

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withdrew (wɪðˈdruː)
 
vb
the past tense of withdraw

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withdraw
early 13c., "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.
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