What is to keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer called?
withhold — To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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