Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RETIRING

RETI'RING, participle present tense1. Withdrawing; retreating; going into seclusion or solitude.2.adjective Reserved; not forward or obtrusive; as retiring modesty; retiring man...

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RETOLD

RETOLD, preterit tense and participle passive of retell; as a story retold

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RETORT

RETORT', verb transitive [Latin retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]1. To throw back; to reverberate.And they retort that beat again to the first giver.2. To return a...

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RETORTED

RETORT'ED, participle passive Returned; thrown back; bent back.

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RETORTER

RETORT'ER, noun One that retorts.

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RETORTING

RETORT'ING, participle present tense Returning; throwing back.

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RETORTION

RETOR'TION, noun The act of retorting.

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RETOSS

RETOSS', verb transitive [re and toss.] To toss back.

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RETOSSED

RETOSS'ED, participle passive Tossed back.

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RETOSSING

RETOSS'ING, participle present tense Tossing back.

2225

RETOUCH

RETOUCH, verb transitive retuch'. [re and touch.] To improve by new touches; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

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RETOUCHED

RETOUCHED, participle passive retuch'ed. Touched again; improved by new touches.

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RETOUCHING

RETOUCHING, participle present tense retuch'ing. Improving by new touches.

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RETRACE

RETRA'CE, verb transitive1. To trace back; to go back in the same path or course; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.2. To trace back, as a line.Then if th...

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RETRACED

RETRA'CED, participle passive Traced back.

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RETRACING

RETRA'CING, participle present tense Tracing back.

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RETRACT

RETRACT', verb transitive [Latin 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,...

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RETRACTABLE

RETRACT'ABLE, adjective That may be retracted or recalled.

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RETRACTATION

RETRACTA'TION, noun [Latin retractatio.]The recalling of what has been said; recantation; change of opinion declared.

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RETRACTED

RETRACT'ED, participle passive Recalled; recanted; disavowed.RETRACT'ABLE, adjective That may be drawn back; retractile.

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RETRACTILE

RETRACT'ILE, adjective Capable of being drawn back.A walrus with fiery eyes - retractile from external injuries.

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RETRACTING

RETRACT'ING, participle present tense Recalling; disavowing; recanting.

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RETRACTION

RETRAC'TION, noun [from retract.]1. The act of withdrawing something advanced, or changing something done.2. Recantation; disavowal of the truth of what has been said; declarati...

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RETRACTIVE

RETRACT'IVE, adjective Withdrawing; taking from.RETRACT'IVE, noun That which withdraws or takes from.

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RETRAICT

RETRA'ICT, noun Retreat. obsolete

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RETRAIT

RETRA'IT, noun A cast of countenance; a picture. obsolete

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RETRAXIT

RETRAX'IT, noun [Latin retraho, retraxi.] In law, the withdrawing or open renunciation of a suit in court, by which the plaintiff loses his action.