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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Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..
Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.
Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..
Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..
Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Forelock :: Forelock (n.) A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun..
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..
Retracting :: Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrac.
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Recantation :: Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
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