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withtract

withtract verb: to withdraw, retract.

Verb

withtract (third-person singular simple present withtracts, present participle withtracting, simple past and past participle withtracted)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, possibly, rare) To withdraw, retract.
    • Did he withtract his words?1861, Francis A. H. Terrell, Anne Boleyn, page 93
    • Okay. I withtract the statement - you could've got that dumb in twenty years.1953, Don Douglas, Just Off Broadway, page 30
  2. (nonstandard, possibly, rare, transitive) To distract.
    • […] that the glorious influences of the Spirit were never withtracted by the various beautiful flowers which appeared on every bank and in every brake, she plucked them in large quantities, and filled her basket.1831, Mary Martha Sherwood, The Lady of the Manor

Forms of withtract

third-person singular presentwithtracts
present participlewithtracting
past participlewithtracted
pastwithtracted

Origin of withtract

Origin uncertain. In one sense, probably a blend of withdraw + retract; in another sense, possibly a blend of withcall (“to call away, divert”) + distract.

Questions about withtract

What does withtract mean?
Withtract means to withdraw, retract.
What part of speech is withtract?
Withtract is a verb.
What is the past tense of withtract?
The past tense of withtract is withtracted.

Words near withtract in the dictionary

  1. withthrow
  2. withthrowing
  3. withthrown
  4. withthrows
  5. withtook
  6. withtract
  7. withtracted
  8. withtracting
  9. withtracts
  10. withturn
  11. withwent

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