Bewitch vs Retract - What's the difference?
bewitch | retract | Related terms |
to cast a spell on someone or something
to astonish, amaze
To pull back inside.
(ambitransitive) To draw back; to draw up.
To take back or withdraw something one has said.
* Bishop Stillingfleet
* Granville
To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.
Bewitch is a related term of retract.
As verbs the difference between bewitch and retract
is that bewitch is to cast a spell on someone or something while retract is to pull back inside.bewitch
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{{der3, bewitchedness , bewitcher , bewitchery , bewitchful , bewitching , bewitchingness , bewitchment}}retract
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(en verb)- An airplane retracts its wheels for flight.
- Muscles retract after amputation.
- A cat can retract its claws.
- I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.
- I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.
- She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, / Consents, retracts , advances, and then flies.
- (Woodward)
