withdraw

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.

   VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.

2. 2
   verb

   To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.

   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]: […]

3. 3
   verb

   To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.

   One [poem] by Hercules Rollock on the marriage of Anne of Denmark is better, and equal, a few names withdrawn, to any of the contemporaneous poetry of France.

5. 5
   verb

   To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)

   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.

6. 6
   verb

   To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.

   to withdraw false charges

7. 7
   verb

   To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.

   I doe not flie, but aduantagious care, / VVith-drevv me from the ods of multitude, […]

8. 8
   verb

   To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.

   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.

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…