All 3 Uses of
retract
in
Emma
- CHAPTER XV Emma was not required, by any subsequent discovery, to retract her ill opinion of Mrs. Elton.†
Chpt 2.15-16 *
- It was by no means her object to have it believed that her sister was not a fine lady; perhaps there was want of spirit in the pretence of it;—and she was considering in what way she had best retract, when Mr. Weston went on.†
Chpt 2.17-18
- I hope you do not retract what you then said.†
Chpt 3.17-18
Definition:
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(retract) to take back; or to move back or inin various senses, including:
- to take back something previously said -- such as a promise or opinion
- to move back or in -- such as an airplane's landing gear, or pulling your hand back after being burned
- in surgery, the use of a medical instrument to draw skin or an organ back out of the way