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RETRENCH', v.t. 1. To cut off; to pare away. And thy exuberant parts retrench. 2...
RETRE'ATED, as a passive participle, though used by Milton, is not good English.
RETRE'AT, n. [L. retractus, retraho; re and traho.] 1. The act of retiring; a wi...
RETRAX'IT, n. [L. retraho, retraxi.] In law, the withdrawing or open renunciatio...
RETRA'IT, n. A cast of countenance; a picture. Obs.
RETRA'ICT, n. Retreat. Obs.
RETRACT'IVE, a. Withdrawing; taking from. RETRACT'IVE , n. That which withdraws ...
RETRAC'TION, n. [from retract.] 1. The act of withdrawing something advanced, or...
RETRACT'ING, ppr. Recalling; disavowing; recanting.
RETRACT'ILE, a. Capable of being drawn back. A walrus with fiery eyes - retracti...
RETRACT'ED, pp. Recalled; recanted; disavowed. RETRACT'ABLE , a. That may be dra...
RETRACTA'TION, n. [L. retractatio.] The recalling of what has been said; recanta...
RETRACT'ABLE, a. That may be retracted or recalled.
RETRACT', v.t. [L. retractus, retraho; re and traho, to draw.] 1. To recall, as ...
RETRA'CING, ppr. Tracing back.
RETRA'CED, pp. Traced back.