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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
picture or other visual representation. - noun Obsolete form of
retreat .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Je ferai bientôt le retrait (je suis prof de français) et ici dans le Montana il n'y a pas beaucoup de monde avec qui on peut parler français.
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Thank you very much for publishing the article by Lima Soirélus on July 21, « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti » [ "Peter Costantini proposes the withdrawal of hybrid seeds in Haiti"].
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Si vous me permettriez, je voudrais répondre aussi au titre « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti ».
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Mesi anpil de publier l'article de Lima Soirélus du 21 juillet, « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti ».
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Si vous me permettriez, je voudrais répondre aussi au titre « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti ».
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Mesi anpil de publier l'article de Lima Soirélus du 21 juillet, « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti ».
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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Thank you very much for publishing the article by Lima Soirélus on July 21, « Peter Costantini propose le retrait des semences hybrides en Haïti » [ "Peter Costantini proposes the withdrawal of hybrid seeds in Haiti"].
Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010
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But after a first anticipation, I had to decide to leave this theme in the background en retrait: it would not have been economical enough.
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Not economies in the plural, but retrait, withdrawal/redrawing.
enowning enowning 2009
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By reason of this economy of economy, I proposed to give this discourse the title of retrait.
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ruzuzu commented on the word retrait
"A drawing; picture; portrait; hence, countenance; aspect."
-- from the Century
March 26, 2014