withdraw

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔː/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔ/, /wɪθˈdɹɔ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɑ/, /wɪθˈdɹɑ/ (Standard Canadian) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɒ/, /wɪθˈdɹɒ/ Rhymes: -ɔː Hyphenation: with‧draw === Etymology 1 === From Middle English withdrawen, withdrauen (“to depart, leave, move away; (reflexive) to go away; (reflexive) to leave someone’s service; (often reflexive) to draw back or retreat (from a battlefield or dangerous place), withdraw; to abandon, desert; to go, go forth; to move; of the sea, water, etc.: to (cause to) ebb, recede, subside; to disappear; to slacken, wane; (often reflexive) to cease, stop; to desist, refrain; (reflexive) to go back on, recant; to avoid, eschew; to bring under control, contain, suppress; to curb, curtail; to delay, put off; to demur, refuse; to carry or take away, deprive of, remove; to contract, draw away or in, retract; to deny, refuse; to revoke; to withhold; to divert; to separate; to adopt, borrow, imitate”) [and other forms], from with- (prefix meaning ‘away; back’) + drawen, drauen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw [and other senses]”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)); see further at with- and draw. The English word is analysable as with- +‎ draw. ==== Verb ==== withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn) (transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation. To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed. (archaic) To draw or pull (a bolt, curtain, veil, or other object) aside. To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract. To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out. [from 20th c.] To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away. (figuratively) To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group. To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry. To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.) To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract. Synonyms: unsay; see also Thesaurus:recant (archaic or obsolete) To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc. (banking, finance) To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit. Antonym: deposit (intransitive) Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place. (specifically, military) Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat. Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc. To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening. To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal. [from 20th c.] Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English withdrawe (“act of stopping a judicial proceeding”), from withdrawen, withdrauen (verb): see etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== withdraw (plural withdraws) (obsolete) An act of drawing back or removing; a removal, a withdrawal or withdrawing. (law) Synonym of withdraught (“a dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit; a retraxit; also, a fine imposed on a plaintiff for such a dismissal”). === References === === Further reading === withdrawal (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia