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withtracts

withtracts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withtract.

Meaning of withtract

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
  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

Questions about withtracts

What is withtracts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Withtracts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withtract.

Words near withtracts in the dictionary

  1. withthrows
  2. withtook
  3. withtract
  4. withtracted
  5. withtracting
  6. withtracts
  7. withturn
  8. withwent
  9. withwind
  10. withwinds
  11. withwine

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