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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Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..
Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..
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..
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..
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