Withdraw Definition

wĭth-drô, wĭth-

withdrawing, withdrawn, withdraws, withdrew

verb

withdrawing, withdrawn, withdraws, withdrew

To take back or draw back; remove.

Webster's New World

To cause to leave or return.

The government withdrew its diplomats from the capital.

American Heritage

To remove (money) from an account.

American Heritage

To retreat from reality, as in schizophrenia.

Webster's New World

To turn away (one's gaze, for example).

American Heritage

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Origin of Withdraw

From Middle English withdrawen (“to draw away, draw back"), from with- (“away, back") + drawen (“to draw"). More at with-, draw.

From Wiktionary
Middle English withdrawen with away from with drawen to pull draw

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition