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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
withdraw \withdraw"\ wi^thdradd", v. t. imp.
   withdrew -drudd"; p. p. withdrawn -draddn"; p.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.
      1913 webster

            impossible it is that god should withdraw his
            presence from anything.               --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. to take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false
      charges.
      1913 webster
see also:
withdrew withdrawn withdrawing 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
withdraw \withdraw"\, v. i.
   to retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go
   away; as, he withdrew from the company. "when the sea
   withdrew." --king horn.
   1913 webster

   syn: to recede; retrograde; go back.
        1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
withdraw
     v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "the enemy withdrew";
          "the limo pulled away from the curb" syn: retreat, pull
          away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move
          back
     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, call in, call back
     5: take back what one has said; "he swallowed his words" syn:
        swallow, take back, unsay
     6: keep away from others; "he sequestered himself in his study
        to write a book" syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate
     7: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking
        off, etc. 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, take,
         take away
     8: break from a meeting or gathering; "we adjourned for lunch";
        "the men retired to the library" syn: adjourn, retire
     9: retire gracefully; "he bowed out when he realized he could
        no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" syn: bow
        out
     10: 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" syn: draw,
          take out, draw off ant: deposit
     11: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
         syn: retire
     12: 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,
         pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
         out, pull in one's horns
     also: withdrew, withdrawn
see also:
retreat pull away draw back recede pull back retire 
move back disengage engage recall call in 
call back swallow take back unsay seclude 
sequester sequestrate remove take take away 
adjourn bow out draw take out draw off 
deposit back out back away crawfish crawfish out 
pull in one's horns withdrew withdrawn 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
263 moby thesaurus words for "withdraw":
   abandon, abate, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrade, abrogate,
   abrupt, abscond, abstract, agree to differ, agree to disagree,
   alienate, annul, avulse, back down, back out, backwater, bate,
   be at variance, be in dissent, be pensioned, be superannuated,
   beat a retreat, become an individual, beg off, beg to differ, blow,
   bow out, cancel, cast off, cast out, climb down, countermand,
   counterorder, crawfish out, cringe, cry off, curtail, cut adrift,
   cut off, cut out, decline, decrease, deduct, delete, demit, deny,
   depart, depart from, depreciate, deracinate, derogate, detract,
   die away, differ, dig out, dig up, diminish, disagree,
   disagree with, disannul, disappear, disarticulate, disavow,
   discard, disclaim, disconnect, discord with, disengage,
   disentangle, disjoin, disjoint, disown, disparage, dissent,
   dissent from, dissociate, disunite, divide, divide on, divorce,
   do away with, drain, draw, draw back, draw in, draw off, draw out,
   dredge, dredge up, drift away, drop out, duck, dwindle, eat away,
   eat crow, eat humble pie, ebb, eject, eradicate, erode, estrange,
   evacuate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exit, expel, exsect,
   extract, extricate, fade, fade away, fall back, file away, flinch,
   forsake, forswear, get away, get off, get out, give back,
   give ground, give place, give up, give way, go, go away, go back,
   go back on, gouge out, grub up, impair, invalidate, isolate,
   jettison, jilt, keep apart, leach, leave, leave behind, leave flat,
   lessen, make void, maroon, mine, move away, move back, move off,
   not agree, nullify, oppose, override, overrule, palinode, part,
   pension off, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull away,
   pull back, pull in, pull out, pull up, purify, quail, quarry, quit,
   quit cold, rake out, recall, recant, recede, recoil, reduce,
   refine, relinquish, remove, renege, renounce, renounce the throne,
   repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retire, retire from office,
   retract, retreat, retrench, retrocede, reverse, revoke, rip out,
   root out, root up, rub away, run along, run back, say goodbye to,
   secede, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside,
   shorten, shrink, shut off, shy, sink, split, stand alone,
   stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, stand back, stand down,
   stand off, step aside, subduct, subtract, superannuate, suspend,
   swallow, take away, take back, take exception, take from,
   take issue, take leave of, take off, take out, tear out, thin,
   thin out, throw off, throw out, throw over, uncouple, unearth,
   unravel, unsay, unyoke, uproot, vacate, vanish, void, waive, wane,
   wear away, weed, weed out, widen the distance, wince,
   withdraw from, withhold assent, wrest out, write off





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