Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Retired.
  • noun An obsolete form of retreat.
  • noun A drawing; picture; portrait; hence, countenance; aspect.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A portrait; a likeness.

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  • noun obsolete A picture or other visual representation.
  • noun Obsolete form of retreat.

Etymologies

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From Middle French retrait.

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Variant forms.

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  • "A drawing; picture; portrait; hence, countenance; aspect."

    -- from the Century

    March 26, 2014