Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Withdraw
With·draw′ (wĭt͟h·dra̤′), v. t. [imp. Withdrew (-drṳ′); p. p. Withdrawn (-dra̤n′); p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.] [With against + draw.] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like.
Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker.
2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.
With·draw′, v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. "When the sea withdrew." King Horn.
Syn. — To recede; retrograde; go back.