withdrawest

Verb

withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

1. (transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
   • VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.1653, David Dickson, “Psal[m] LXXIV. Maschil of Asaph.”, in A Brief Explication of the Other Fifty Psalmes, from Ps. 50. to Ps. 100, London: […] T[homas] R[atcliffe] & E[dward] M[ottershed] for Ralph...
   1. (transitive) 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.
      • Thou neuer vvithdrevvſt thy ſelfe and vvert ſolitarie, but my Spyrite vvas reproouing and diſputing vvith thee.1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 24, recto
   2. (archaic, transitive) To draw or pull (a bolt, curtain, veil, or other object) aside.
      • [S]he was in no mood for sleep; so, putting her light upon the table and withdrawing the little window curtain, she gazed out pensively at the wild night sky.1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 9.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 284
2. (transitive) To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
   • I wyl be his father, and he ſhal be my ſonne. And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him, as I haue withdrawen it frõ him that was before the[e]: […]1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, I. Cronicles xviij...
3. (transitive) To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
4. (transitive) To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
   • The lady looked up; her eyes met those of Mr. Watkins Tottle. She withdrew them in a sweet confusion, and Watkins Tottle did the same—the confusion was mutual.1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle. Chapter 1.”, in Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume II, London...

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