Definition of retract

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Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

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Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) One who, or that which, retracts..
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel..
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..
Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
Palinode :: Palinode (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction..
Unnotify :: Unnotify (v. t.) To retract or withdraw a notice of.
Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..
Irretractile :: Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Foussa :: Foussa (n.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws..
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..
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Unlook :: Unlook (v. t.) To recall or retract, as a look..
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