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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retract.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retract.html. 1828.