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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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retract.html. 1828.
 
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