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/wɪðˈdɹɔː/ · 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.
Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
["]She was as proud as t' other in her way," said the old woman, touching the face of her daughter fearfully, and withdrawing her hand, "for all she's so quiet now; but she'll shame 'em with her good looks, yet. Ha, ha! She'll shame 'em, will my handsome daughter!"
Envy not! for thou wilt wear / In the dark a shroud as fair; / Golden with the sunny ray / Thou withdrawest from my day; […]
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]: […]
Hee that vvithdravveth the corne, the people vvill curſe him: but bleſſing ſhall bee on the head of him that ſelleth corne.
Impoſſible it is that God ſhould vvithdravve his preſence from any thing, becauſe the very ſubſtance of God is infinite.
[F]orgive / This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw / No portion of your wonted favour now!
Use withdraw when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Withdraw means To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation..
Common synonyms include unsay, abjure, backpedal, disavow.
Possible antonyms include deposit, engage, operate, bank.
VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.
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