Main Entry: with·draw

Pronunciation: \with-ˈdrȯ, with-\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): with·drew \-ˈdrü\; with·drawn \-ˈdrȯn\; with·draw·ing \-ˈdrȯ(-)iŋ\

Etymology: Middle English, from with from + drawen to draw

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 a : to take back or away : remove <pressure upon educational administrators to withdraw academic credit — J. W. Scott> b : to remove from use or cultivation c : to remove (money) from a place of deposit d : to turn away (as the eyes) from an object of attention <withdrew her gaze> e : to draw (as a curtain) back or aside
2 a : to remove from consideration or set outside a group <withdrew his name from the list of nominees> <withdrew their child from the school> b (1) : take back, retract (2) : to recall or remove (a motion) under parliamentary procedureintransitive verb 1 a : to move back or away : retire b : to draw back from a battlefield : retreat
2 a : to remove oneself from participation b : to become socially or emotionally detached <had withdrawn farther and farther into herself — Ethel Wilson>
3 : to recall a motion under parliamentary procedure

— with·draw·able \-ˈdrȯ-ə-bəl\ adjective