withdraw
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: banking
business
finance
government
military
politics
war
Etymology: PIE word
 *wí
From Middle English withdrawen, withdrauen (“to depart, leave, move away; (reflexive) to go away; (reflexive) to leave someone’s service; (often reflexive) to draw back or retreat (from a battlefield or dangerous place), withdraw; to abandon, desert; to go, go forth; to move; of the sea, water, etc.: to (cause to) ebb, recede, subside; to disappear; to slacken, wane; (often reflexive) to cease, stop; to desist, refrain; (reflexive) to go back on, recant; to avoid, eschew; to bring under control, contain, suppress; to curb, curtail; to delay, put off; to demur, refuse; to carry or take away, deprive of, remove; to contract, draw away or in, retract; to deny, refuse; to revoke; to withhold; to divert; to separate; to adopt, borrow, imitate”) [and other forms], from with- (prefix meaning ‘away; back’) + drawen, drauen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw [and other senses]”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)); see further at with- and draw. The English word is analysable as with- + draw.
Base: draw
Affixes: with-
Inflected forms:
form: withdraws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: withdrawing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: past
form: withdrawn
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: withdrawest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: withdrewst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: withdraws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: withdraweth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: withdrew
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: withdraw
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: withdrawing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: withdrawn
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.
Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
["]She was as proud as t' other in her way," said the old woman, touching the face of her daughter fearfully, and withdrawing her hand, "for all she's so quiet now; but she'll shame 'em with her good looks, yet. Ha, ha! She'll shame 'em, will my handsome daughter!"
Envy not! for thou wilt wear / In the dark a shroud as fair; / Golden with the sunny ray / Thou withdrawest from my day; […]
gloss: To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Thou neuer vvithdrevvſt thy ſelfe and vvert ſolitarie, but my Spyrite vvas reproouing and diſputing vvith thee.
VVithdravve your ſelues, and leaue vs here alone.
[A]s the Saxons vvere novv ſpoiling and harrying the vvhole Iland, and Vortigern had vvithdravven himſelfe into theſe parts, Paſcentius his ſonne ruled all as Lord, by the permiſſion of Aurelius Ambroſe, as Ninnius vvriteth, […]
[H]e is gone as I ſaid, let him go; the loſs is no mans but his ovvn, he has ſaved us the trouble of going from him; for he continuing, as I ſuppoſe he vvill do, as he is, he vvould have been but a blot in our Company: beſides, the Apoſtle ſays, From ſuch vvithdravv thy ſelf.
They [the apostles] vvere by Degrees to be VVeaned from their Fondneſs for his [Jesus's] Perſon, and their Deſire of his Bodily Preſence; and to this end it vvas requiſite, that he ſhould not vvithdravv himſelf from their Sight, at once, but appear, and diſappear to them, at fit Intervals; diſcontinuing, and reſuming his Converſation vvith them, in ſuch a manner, as might beſt diſpoſe them to be vvilling entirely to part vvith him.
He is a presence to be felt and known / In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, / Spreading itself where'er that Power may move / Which has withdrawn his being to its own; […]
It had so happened that a sounder (i.e. in the language of the period, a boar of only two years old,) had crossed the track of the proper object of the chase, and withdrawn in pursuit of him all the dogs, (saving two or three couple of old staunch hounds,) and the greater part of the huntsmen.
Walter Scape was withdrawn from Eton, and put into a merchant's house.
gloss: To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: [S]he was in no mood for sleep; so, putting her light upon the table and withdrawing the little window curtain, she gazed out pensively at the wild night sky.
Scrooge glanced towards the Phantom. Its steady hand was pointed to the head. The cover was so carelessly adjusted that the slightest raising of it, the motion of a finger upon Scrooge's part, would have disclosed the face. He thought of it, felt how easy it would be to do, and longed to do it; but had no more power to withdraw the veil than to dismiss the spectre at his side.
Here's the veil withdrawn from landscape: up to Jura and beyond, / All awaits us ranged and ready; yet she violates the bond, / Neither leans nor looks nor listens: why is this?
gloss: To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I wyl be his father, and he ſhal be my ſonne. And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him, as I haue withdrawen it frõ him that was before the[e]: […]
Hee that vvithdravveth the corne, the people vvill curſe him: but bleſſing ſhall bee on the head of him that ſelleth corne.
Impoſſible it is that God ſhould vvithdravve his preſence from any thing, becauſe the very ſubſtance of God is infinite.
[F]orgive / This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw / No portion of your wonted favour now!
To pass, when Life her light withdraws, / Not void of righteous self-applause, / Nor in a merely selfish cause— […]
The plan is to withdraw the Pacers from service by the end of the year.
gloss: To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The lady looked up; her eyes met those of Mr. Watkins Tottle. She withdrew them in a sweet confusion, and Watkins Tottle did the same—the confusion was mutual.
With this agreeable speech Monks turned short upon the matron, and bent his fierce gaze upon her, till even she, who was not easily cowed, was fain to withdraw her eyes, and turn them towards the ground.
gloss: To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: One [poem] by Hercules Rollock on the marriage of Anne of Denmark is better, and equal, a few names withdrawn, to any of the contemporaneous poetry of France.
gloss: To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
gloss: To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: The question was put that "The Endeavour" be hired for the occasion; Mr. Alexander Briggs moved as an amendment, that the word "Fly" be substituted for the word "Endeavour;" but after some debate consented to withdraw his opposition.
gloss: To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: to withdraw false charges
Mr. Blotton would only say then, that he repelled the hon. gen's false and scurrilous accusation, with profound contempt. (Great cheering.) The hon. gent. was a humbug. […] The Chairman was quite sure the hon. Pickwickian would withdraw the expression he had just made use of. / Mr. Blotton, with all possible respect for the chair, was quite sure he would not.
gloss: To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
obsolete
transitive
examples: I doe not flie, but aduantagious care, / VVith-drevv me from the ods of multitude, […]
[…] Puſillanimity; by vvhich that ſeems great to him, vvhich other men think a trifle: and vvhatſoever is nevv, or great, and therefore thought fit to be told, vvithdravves a man by degrees from the intended vvay of his diſcourſe.
VVho can impair thee, mighty King, or bound / Thy Empire? eaſily the proud attempt / Of Spirits apoſtat and thir Counſels vaine / Thou haſt repeld, vvhile impiouſly they thought / Thee to diminiſh, and from thee vvithdravv / The number of thy vvorſhippers.
gloss: To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: VVhatever part of his ſtock a man employs as a capital, he alvvays expects is to be replaced to him vvith a profit. […] VVhenever he employs any part of it in maintaining unproductive hands of any kind, that part is, from that moment, vvithdravvn from his capital, and placed in his ſtock reſerved for immediate conſumption.
gloss: Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: [The] army togither with the kyng of Scottes and the other Lordes there founde, entred Scotland, and did muche hurte in the country of Galloway, deſtroying towns and all that they found abroade, but the people were fled and withdrawen out of theyr way. And when they had taken their pleaſure, the Kyng of Scottes retourned backe to Carleil.
VVell daughter, and you gentlevvomen all, / VVithdravv into a chamber by your ſelues, / And vvhen I ſend for you come hither masked: […]
[Adrian Scrope] did moſt loyally attend his Majeſty at the fight at Edghill, vvhere receiving ſeveral vvounds, vvas left among the dead, as a dead perſon, there, but recovered by the immortal Dr. VVill[iam] Harvey, vvho vvas there, but vvithdravvn under a hedge vvith the Prince and Duke, vvhile the battel vvas in its height.
They [the doves] fed, and flutt'ring by degrees, vvithdrevv / Still further from the Place; but ſtill in vievv.
Upon withdrawing to my room after dinner, I was secretly touched with compassion towards the honest gentleman that had dined with us; […]
Say, I fly for refuge unto the Lord of men, the king of men, the God of men, that he may deliver me from the miſchief of the vvhiſperer vvho ſlily vvithdravveth, vvho vvhiſpereth evil ſuggeſtions into the breatſs of men; from genii to men.
Sophia novv took the firſt Opportunity of vvithdravving vvith the Ladies, and the Squire ſat in to his Cups, […]
A man vvhom marks of condeſcending grace / Teach, vvhile they flatter him, his proper place, / VVho comes vvhen call'd, and at a vvord vvithdravvs, / Speaks vvith reſerve, and liſtens vvith applauſe, […]
For Douglas, to his promise true, / That morning from the island vvithdrevv, / And in a deep sequestered dell / Had sought a low and lonely cell.
I answered so coldly and almost haughtily, that Ellen coloured, and said, with some dignity, that she should join Lady Roseville. I bowed slightly, and she withdrew to the countess.
gloss: Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
specifically
examples: King A horſe, a horſe, my kingdome for a horſe. / [Sir William] Cateſ[by]. VVithdravv my lord, Ile helpe you to a horſe.
I beg your Greatneſs not to give the Lavv / In others Realms, but, beaten, to vvithdravv.
All the forces in the field, both of the enemy and the confederates, are preparing to withdraw into winter-quarters.
gloss: Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I vvill vvithdravv from your Company; retire to the Shades, and perform my Penance of a Thouſand Years.
Novv great Achilles from our Aid vvithdravvs, / By me provok'd; a Captive Maid the Cauſe: […]
gloss: To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.
gloss: Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Like a fool, I agreed to let him make love to me as long as he withdrew before he ejaculated and he promised he would, but then he didn't.
Derived words: withdrawable
withdrawal
withdrawer
withdrawing
withdrawingly
withdrawingness
withdrawing room
withdrawment
withdrawn
withdrawnness
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: вывадзі́ць
roman: vyvadzícʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́весці
roman: vývjesci
lang: Bulgarian
word: отдръпвам
roman: otdrǎpvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: оттеглям
roman: ottegljam
lang: Catalan
word: retirar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 撤退
roman: chètuì
lang: Cornish
word: denagha
lang: Czech
word: stáhnout
lang: Dutch
word: terugtrekken
lang: Esperanto
word: retiri
lang: Finnish
word: vetää takaisin
lang: Finnish
word: vetää pois
lang: French
word: retirer
lang: Galician
word: retirar
lang: Galician
word: separar
lang: Galician
word: afastar
lang: German
word: zurückziehen
lang: Greek
word: αποσύρομαι
roman: aposýromai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὑποχωρέω
roman: hupokhōréō
lang: Hungarian
word: visszahúz
lang: Hungarian
word: elhúz
lang: Hungarian
word: behúz
lang: Italian
word: ritirare
lang: Italian
word: tirarsi indietro
lang: Italian
word: tirare via
lang: Italian
word: tirare indietro
lang: Japanese
word: 引き出す
roman: hikidasu
lang: Korean
word: 후퇴하다
roman: hutoehada
lang: Korean
word: 취소하다
roman: chwisohada
lang: Latin
word: retrahō
lang: Latin
word: desciscō
lang: Latin
word: recēdō
lang: Latin
word: dēcēdō
lang: Māori
word: whakatahi
lang: Māori
word: paunu
lang: Māori
word: unu
lang: Māori
word: kounu
lang: Māori
word: taui
lang: Old English
word: oftēon
lang: Old Saxon
word: withfahan
lang: Polish
word: cofać się
lang: Polish
word: wycofać się
lang: Portuguese
word: retirar
lang: Romanian
word: retrage
lang: Russian
word: выводи́ть
roman: vyvodítʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́вести
roman: vývesti
lang: Russian
word: отходи́ть
roman: otxodítʹ
lang: Russian
word: отойти́
roman: otojtí
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: povući
lang: Slovak
word: stiahnuť
lang: Slovene
word: umakniti
lang: Spanish
word: retirar
lang: Telugu
word: ఉపసంహరించు
roman: upasaṁhariñcu
lang: Ukrainian
word: виво́дити
roman: vyvódyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́вести
roman: vývesty
lang: Ukrainian
word: відхо́дити
roman: vidxódyty
lang: Ukrainian
word: відійти́
roman: vidijtý
lang: Esperanto
word: retiriĝi
lang: Spanish
word: retraerse
lang: Spanish
word: remanir