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RETI'RE, v.i.

1. To withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice.

2. To retreat from action or danger; as, to retire from battle.

3. To withdraw from a public station. General Washington, in 1796, retired to private life.

4. To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock.

5. To depart or withdraw for safety or for pleasure. Men retire from the town in summer for health and pleasure. But in South Carolina, the planters retire from their estates to Charleston, or to an isle near the town.

6. To recede; to fall back. The shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

RETI'RE, v.t. To withdraw; to take away.

He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest.

As when the sun is present all the year, and never doth retire his golden ray.

[This transitive use of retire is now obsolete.]

RETI'RE, n.

1. Retreat; recession; a withdrawing. Obs.

2. Retirement; place of privacy. Obs.


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RETI'RE, v.i.

1. To withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice.

2. To retreat from action or danger; as, to retire from battle.

3. To withdraw from a public station. General Washington, in 1796, retired to private life.

4. To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock.

5. To depart or withdraw for safety or for pleasure. Men retire from the town in summer for health and pleasure. But in South Carolina, the planters retire from their estates to Charleston, or to an isle near the town.

6. To recede; to fall back. The shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

RETI'RE, v.t. To withdraw; to take away.

He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest.

As when the sun is present all the year, and never doth retire his golden ray.

[This transitive use of retire is now obsolete.]

RETI'RE, n.

1. Retreat; recession; a withdrawing. Obs.

2. Retirement; place of privacy. Obs.

RE-TIRE', n.

  1. Retreat; recession; a withdrawing. [Obs.] – Shak. Bacon.
  2. Retirement; place of privacy. [Obs.] – Milton.

RE-TIRE', v.i. [Fr. retirer; re and tirer, to draw; It. ritirare; Sp. retirar.]

  1. To withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice.
  2. To retreat from action or danger; as, to retire from battle.
  3. To withdraw from a public station. General Washington in 1796 retired to private life.
  4. To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock.
  5. To depart or withdraw for safety or for pleasure. Men retire from the town in summer for health and pleasure. But in South Carolina, the planters retire from their estates to Charleston, or to an isle near the town.
  6. To recede; to fall back. The shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

RE-TIRE', v.t.

To withdraw; to take away. He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest. – Sidney. As when the sun is present an the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray. – Davies. [This transitive use of retire is now obsolete.]


Re*tire"
  1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

    He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney.

    As when the sun is present all the year,
    And never doth retire his golden ray.     Sir J. Davies.

  2. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.

    To Una back he cast him to retire. Spenser.

    The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
    And to herself she gladly doth retire.     Sir J. Davies.

  3. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.

    [Obs.]

    The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon.

    [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. Milton.

  4. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
  5. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

    Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15.

  6. A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
  7. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
  8. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.

    And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison.

  9. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
  10. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

    Syn. -- To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.

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Retire

RETI'RE, verb intransitive

1. To withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice.

2. To retreat from action or danger; as, to retire from battle.

3. To withdraw from a public station. General Washington, in 1796, retired to private life.

4. To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock.

5. To depart or withdraw for safety or for pleasure. Men retire from the town in summer for health and pleasure. But in South Carolina, the planters retire from their estates to Charleston, or to an isle near the town.

6. To recede; to fall back. The shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

RETI'RE, verb transitive To withdraw; to take away.

He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest.

As when the sun is present all the year, and never doth retire his golden ray.

[This transitive use of retire is now obsolete.]

RETI'RE, noun

1. Retreat; recession; a withdrawing. obsolete

2. Retirement; place of privacy. obsolete

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