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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retract \Re*tract"\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter,
     L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider,
     retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See
     Retreat.]
     1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can
        retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take
        back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I would as freely have retracted this charge of
              idolatry as I ever made it.           --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to
        revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow;
          recant; abjure; disown.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare,
     retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr.
     retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
     1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can
        retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
  
     2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take
        back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
  
              I would as freely have retracted this charge of
              idolatry as I ever made it.           --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
  
     3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to
        revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward.
  
     Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow;
          recant; abjure; disown.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  retracted
       adj : drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retracted
     a.
     1 withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
     2 (lb en phonetics of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal
  tract.
     3 (lb en heraldry) couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the
  main direction.
     vb.
     (infl of en retract  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  retracted
     a.
     1 withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
     2 (lb en phonetics of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal
  tract.
     3 (lb en heraldry) couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the
  main direction.
     vb.
     (infl of en retract  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  retracted
     a.
     1 withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
     2 (lb en phonetics of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal
  tract.
     3 (lb en heraldry) couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the
  main direction.
     vb.
     (infl of en retract  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  retracted
     a.
     1 withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
     2 (lb en phonetics of a sound) Pronounced further back in the vocal
  tract.
     3 (lb en heraldry) couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the
  main direction.
     vb.
     (infl of en retract  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retracted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r etract ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Retracted /ɹɪtɹˈaktɪd/
  منسحب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  retracted /ɹɪtɹˈaktɪd/ 
  odvolaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  retracted /ɹɪtɹˈaktɪd/ 
  zrušený