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Retractor :: Retractor (n.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..

Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation..

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

Withdrawer :: Withdrawer (n.) One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body..

Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws..

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.

Saccate :: Saccate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted..

Retractible :: Retractible (a.) Retractable.

Revel :: Revel (v. t.) To draw back; to retract.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Retractor :: Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.

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..

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..

Retracted :: Retracted (imp. & p. p.) of Retrac.

Palinodial :: Palinodial (a.) Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction..

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