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Grammar : Adj
Spell : with-drawn, with-
Phonetic Transcription : wɪðˈdrɔn, wɪθ-

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Définition of withdrawn

Origin :
  • early 13c., "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c.1300.
  • adj unsociable
  • adj hidden, remote
Example sentences :
  • After they had withdrawn, no other footsteps approached the sacred place.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • My mother, I thought, might have withdrawn with me, as she knows that I have not a friend in my sister.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • As for George, he had withdrawn into the dusky shadow behind his father's chair.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She could scarcely endure the aloofness with which he had withdrawn into himself.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • I threw them a shilling: the hay-rope was withdrawn, and at last we went on.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The fire should then be withdrawn, and the cake allowed to get cold in the oven.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Cyrus had withdrawn from the stove, and was feeling his chin, uncertainly.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • But he had not withdrawn his arm, and his gaze still dwelt on hers.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • In a moment the girl had withdrawn, and the old man stood within the door.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • She had not withdrawn her hand, when the sleeper opened her eyes and started.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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