Definition of retract

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Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..

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Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Paraphimosis :: Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again..
Retracting :: Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrac.
Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.
Retractive :: Retractive (n.) That which retracts, or withdraws..
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Retentor :: Retentor (n.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata..
Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Rhinophore :: Rhinophore (n.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia..
Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..
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