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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-treat (rē trēt′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to treat again.
re•treat (ri trēt′),USA pronunciation n. - the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy;
retirement; seclusion. - a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy:The library was his retreat.
- an asylum, as for the insane.
- a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.
- Military
- a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post.
- the bugle call or drumbeat played at this ceremony.
- the recession of a surface, as a wall or panel, from another surface beside it.
- Idioms beat a retreat, to withdraw or retreat, esp. hurriedly or in disgrace.
v.i. - to withdraw, retire, or draw back, esp. for shelter or seclusion.
- to make a retreat:The army retreated.
- to slope backward;
recede:a retreating chin. - to draw or lead back.
- Latin retractāre to retract2
- Middle French retraitier
- Latin retrahere (re- re- + trahere to draw; see retract1); (verb, verbal) late Middle English retreten
- Old French, variant of retrait, noun, nominal use of past participle of retraire to draw back
- (noun, nominal) Middle English retret 1300–50
re•treat′al, adj. re•treat′er, n. re•treat′ive, adj. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged departure, withdrawal.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shelter.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged leave, pull back. See depart.
- 1, 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged advance.
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