RETRACT', v.t. [L. retractus, retraho; re and traho, to draw.] 1. To recall, as a declaration, words or saying; to disavow; to recant; as, to retract an accusation, charge or assertion.I would as freely have retracted the charge of idolatry, as I ever made it.2. To take back; to rescind. [Little used.]3. To draw back, as claws.RETRACT', v.t. To take back; to unsay; to withdraw concession or declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, consents, retracts, advances, and then flies.RETRACT', n. Among horsemen, the prick of a horse's foot in nailing a shoe.
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