withhold \withhold"\, v. t. imp. withheld; p. p. withheld,
   obs. or archaic withholden; p. pr.  vb. n. withholding.
   with again, against, back + hold.
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   1. to hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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            withhold, o sovereign prince, your hasty hand
            from knitting league with him.        --spenser.
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   2. to retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold
      assent to a proposition.
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            forbid who will, none shall from me withhold
            longer thy offered good.              --milton.
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   3. to keep; to maintain; to retain. obs.
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            to withhold it the more easily in heart. --chaucer.
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see also:
withheld withholden withholding