[with.draw] vb -drew ; -drawn ; -draw.ing [ME, fr. with from + drawen to draw] vt (13c) 1 a: to take back or away: remove "pressure upon educational administrators to ~ academic credit --J. W. Scott" b: to remove from use or cultivation c: to remove (money) from a place of deposit d: to turn away (as the eyes) from an object of attention "withdrew her gaze" e: to draw (as a curtain) back or aside
2. a: to remove from consideration or set outside a group "withdrew his name from the list of nominees" "withdrew their child from the school" b (1): take back, retract (2): to recall or remove (a motion) under parliamentary procedure ~ vi 1 a: to move back or away: retire b: to draw back from a battlefield: retreat
2. a: to remove oneself from participation b: to become socially or emotionally detached "had withdrawn farther and farther into herself --Ethel Wilson"
3: to recall a motion under parliamentary procedure -- with.draw.able adj