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▪ I. withdrawing, vbl. n.|wɪðˈdrɔːɪŋ|
[f. withdraw v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. withdraw in various senses.
c1315Shoreham iv. 344 Þorȝ cheste and mysdoynge And wyþ-drawynge of god. c1340Hampole Prose Treat. 11 All manere of withdraweynge of oþer men thynges wrang⁓wysely agaynes þaire wyll. 1340Ayenb. 205 Be wyþ⁓draȝinges of mete and of drinke. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 348 Þei maken londis bareyne for wiþdrawyng of werk⁓men. c1430Art Nombryng (E.E.T.S.) 4 In withdrawyng .2. nombres ben necessary. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 262 At the departyng hercules passeth lightly the with⁓drawyng & departyng of alle hem that were there. 1561T. Norton tr. Calvin's Inst. ii. iii. 22 Euen they that are well minded, are subiecte to so many withdrawynges of minde, that they easily..fal awaye. a1651C. Love Combat Flesh & Spirit (1654) 6 A double withdrawing of Gods Spirit. 1689in Acts Parlt. Scot. (1875) XII. 65/1 The fyneing husbands for the wifes withdrawing from the church is contrair to Law. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. xi. 250 The withdrawing of the guard from the harbour's mouth. 1817Coleridge in Athenæum (1894) 8 Dec. 791/2 The quiet withdrawing from any further connection with him. 1862Trench Mirac. v. (ed. 7) 177 A withdrawing of the meaner thing, to make receptive of the better.
b. attrib. (also withdrawing-chamber, -room).
1570Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1576) 378 A certaine with⁓drawing house, called Otforde. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. ii. 31 Withdrawing Corners and Refuges to Robbers. 1803M. Charlton Wife & Mistress IV. 263 Miss Winteram..soon made her withdrawing curtsy. 1821Scott Kenilw. vi, They went to the withdrawing apartment. 1898Century Mag. Jan. 456/1 This withdrawing-ground..was within the garden inclosure.
▪ II. withˈdrawing, ppl. a.
[f. withdraw v. + -ing2.]
That withdraws (usually in intr. senses); drawing back, retiring, receding.
1611Bible Neh. ix. 29 They..withdrew the shoulder [marg. gaue a withdrawing shoulder]. a1748Thomson Hymn Solitude 23 Amid the long withdrawing vale. a1846Haydon Autob. (1853) I. 179 ‘That I can't tell you,’ said he, with a cold, withdrawing air. 1847H. Miller First Impr. Eng. ii. 27 By some long withdrawing arm of the sea. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. iv. 152 Sands which the sunset gilded with its withdrawing glow.
Hence withˈdrawingness, retiring disposition.
1795Jemima I. 207 To shake off all this shyness and withdrawingness from your friends. |