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Pronunciation : Re*tract"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. r?tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
Definition : 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. Bp. Stillingfleet.

3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.

Syn. -- To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.

t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*tract"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*tract"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

(Far.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913