Retract

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Retract [1]

(1): ( v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

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

(3): ( n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

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

(5): ( v. t.) To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.

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

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