Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to withdraw
Participle: withdrawn
Gerund: withdrawing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | withdraw |
| you | withdraw |
| he;she;it | withdraws |
| we | withdraw |
| you | withdraw |
| they | withdraw |
Perfect
| I | have withdrawn |
| you | have withdrawn |
| he;she;it | has withdrawn |
| we | have withdrawn |
| you | have withdrawn |
| they | have withdrawn |
Past
| I | withdrew |
| you | withdrew |
| he;she;it | withdrew |
| we | withdrew |
| you | withdrew |
| they | withdrew |
Pluperfect
| I | had withdrawn |
| you | had withdrawn |
| he;she;it | had withdrawn |
| we | had withdrawn |
| you | had withdrawn |
| they | had withdrawn |
Future
| I | will withdraw |
| you | will withdraw |
| he;she;it | will withdraw |
| we | will withdraw |
| you | will withdraw |
| they | will withdraw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have withdrawn |
| you | will have withdrawn |
| he;she;it | will have withdrawn |
| we | will have withdrawn |
| you | will have withdrawn |
| they | will have withdrawn |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | withdraw |
| you | withdraw |
| he;she;it | withdraw |
| we | withdraw |
| you | withdraw |
| they | withdraw |
Perfect
| I | have withdrawn |
| you | have withdrawn |
| he;she;it | have withdrawn |
| we | have withdrawn |
| you | have withdrawn |
| they | have withdrawn |
Imperfect
| I | withdrew |
| you | withdrew |
| he;she;it | withdrew |
| we | withdrew |
| you | withdrew |
| they | withdrew |
Pluperfect
| I | had withdrawn |
| you | had withdrawn |
| he;she;it | had withdrawn |
| we | had withdrawn |
| you | had withdrawn |
| they | had withdrawn |
Conditional
Present
| I | would withdraw |
| you | would withdraw |
| he;she;it | would withdraw |
| we | would withdraw |
| you | would withdraw |
| they | would withdraw |
Perfect
| I | would have withdrawn |
| you | would have withdrawn |
| he;she;it | would have withdrawn |
| we | would have withdrawn |
| you | would have withdrawn |
| they | would have withdrawn |
Imperative
| you | withdraw |
| we | Let's withdraw |
| you | withdraw |
Verbs similar to 'withdraw'
wiredraw,
finedraw,
outdraw,
windrow,
wither,
withsay,
withstay,
birthday,
dethaw,
dither,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- take back
- recant
- to withdraw from a position
- back away, back down, balk, beat a retreat, bug out, crawfish, decline, draw back, fall back, pull out, recede, regrade, retire, retreat, retrograde, revert, shrink, sound a retreat, turn tail
- to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
- abjure, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, recant, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, unsay, unspeak, withcall
- remove
- retract, revoke, subtract, recall, recant, repeal, abrogate
- retread
- retreat, depart, retire, secede
Antonyms
- remove
- install, plant, deposit, place
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of L. retrahere "to retract." Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c.1300. Withdrawal is first attested 1824. Reference to addictive drugs is first found in 1897, not common until 1920s.
2. PIE word
3. *wí
4. From Middle English withdrawen, withdrauen (“to depart, leave, move away; (reflexive) to go away; (reflexive) to leave someone’s service; (often reflexive) to draw back or retreat (from a battlefield or dangerous place), withdraw; to abandon, desert; to go, go forth; to move; of the sea, water, etc.: to (cause to) ebb, recede, subside; to disappear; to slacken, wane; (often reflexive) to cease, stop; to desist, refrain; (reflexive) to go back on, recant; to avoid, eschew; to bring under control, contain, suppress; to curb, curtail; to delay, put off; to demur, refuse; to carry or take away, deprive of, remove; to contract, draw away or in, retract; to deny, refuse; to revoke; to withhold; to divert; to separate; to adopt, borrow, imitate”) [and other forms], from with- (prefix meaning ‘away; back’) + drawen, drauen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw [and other senses]”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)); see further at with- and draw. The English word is analysable as with- + draw.
Sample Sentences
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“ Well, take him away then, ” said Mr. Shelby; and hastily she withdrew, carrying the child on her arm.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] means of washing, a table, and a bedstead. Upon the latter, sits a man of sixty; reading. He looks up for a moment; gives an impatient dogged shake; and fixes his eyes upon his book again. As we withdraw our heads, the door closes on him, and is fastened as before. This man has murdered his wife, and will probably be hanged.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to have met and been acquainted with him somewhere, but he could not recollect. Every few moments, when the man spoke, or moved, or smiled, he would start and fix his eyes on him, and then suddenly withdraw them, as the bright, dark eyes met his with such unconcerned coolness. At last, a sudden recollection seemed to flash upon him, for he stared at the stranger with such an air of blank amazement and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Christened ‘The Little Rifle, ’ and displayed outside a shop-window, it would make the fortune of any retail business in Holborn. When he had shown himself and talked a little while, he withdrew with his pocket-instrument, and went bobbing down the cabin, among men of six feet high and upwards, like a light-house walking among lamp-posts.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Now, that's just like St. Clare ! ” said the latter, withdrawing her handkerchief with somewhat of a spirited flourish when the criminal to be affected by it was no longer in sight. “ He never realizes, never can, never will, what I suffer, and have, for years. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] was done, the ayes and noes were ranged on opposite sides, and every male adult voted in his turn. The moment the result was known, the minority (a large one ) cheerfully yielded to the rest, and withdrew all kind of opposition.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] that I conceived upon the spot a special regard for all airs blowing from that quarter of the compass, which I shall cherish, I dare say, until my own wind has breathed its last frail puff, and withdrawn itself for ever from the mortal calendar.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] any damage being sustained by either party, except the ball of Thurston 's gun passing through the crown of Hine 's hat. Through the intercession of the Board of Honour, the challenge was withdrawn, and the difference amicably adjusted. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Yet Tom was not quite gone. His wondrous words and pious prayers had struck upon the hearts of the imbruted blacks, who had been the instruments of cruelty upon him; and, the instant Legree withdrew, they took him down, and, in their ignorance, sought to call him back to life,—as if _that_ were any favor to him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] He could not keep himself from looking at her, and watching her perpetually. At table, or sitting at her state-room door, still she would encounter the young man's eyes fixed on her, and politely withdrawn, when she showed, by her countenance, that she was sensible to the observation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)