retract

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.
3. 3.To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
4. 4.To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.
5. 5.The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is retract.

• What is to take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward called?
• What is to draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation called?
• What is to take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville called?
• What is the pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe called?