withdraw English · revision 10359

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1200}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /wɪðˈdɹɔː/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː/ ''(UK)''; /wɪðˈdɹɔ/, /wɪθˈdɹɔ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English withdrawen, from [[with]] in its old sense away, and drawen, to draw (see [[draw]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) probably influenced by, if not a loan translation of, Latin retrahere, to retract;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) compare German zurückziehen.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To take back or draw away: probably before 1200, in the ''Ancrene Riwle'';^(Barnhart 1988) the early 13th century in Etymonline, before 1225 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The intransitive sense, to retire, go away, is from the mid-13th century,^(Etymonline) and to remove a thing from its place from about 1250.^(OED 1989) To remove oneself is recorded from about 1300.^(Etymonline) To take money out of a bank or other deposit is by 1776.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) To withdraw from social or emotional involvement and to stop taking an addictive drug are later senses.^(AHD) ''Withdrawal'' is from 1824, and its sense of discontinuing an addictive drug is first recorded in 1897.^(Barnhart 1988) A withdrawing-room, to which one withdraws, is from the 16th century and gave [[drawing room]].^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1225 – to take back.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-13th century – to retire.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1300 – to remove oneself.^(Etymonline)

+ * 16th century – withdrawing-room.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * 1776 – to withdraw money.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1824 – withdrawal.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take back or away; to [[remove]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To take money out of an account.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To retract or recall a statement, offer or promise.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To move back or retreat, as troops do.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To stop taking part in something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To become detached from social or emotional involvement.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[withdrawable]]

+ * [[withdrawer]]

+ * [[withdrawingness]]

+ * [[withdrawal]]

+ * [[withdrawn]]

+ * [[withdrawing room]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[withhold]]

+ * [[withstand]]

+ * [[draw]]

+ * [[retract]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}