'Retracted' definitions:
Definition of 'retracted'
From: WordNet
adjective
Drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"
Definition of 'Retracted'
From: GCIDE
- Retract \Re*tract"\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. r['e]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
- 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. [1913 Webster]
- I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown. [1913 Webster]