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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Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.
Pluroderes :: Pluroderes (n. pl.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example..
Unnotify :: Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.
Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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..
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..
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..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Retractile :: Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile..
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..
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