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To recall or retract, as a look. Richardson.

RETRACT
handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract
RETRACTOR
One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
RETRACTILE
CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
RETRACTIBLE
Retractable.
RETRACTIVE
Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- Re*tract"ive*ly, adv.
RETRACTION
1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws. 2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. Other
RECALLABLE
Capable of being recalled.
RETRACTATION
The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
RETRACTATE
To retract; to recant.
RECALLMENT
Recall. R. Browning.
RECALL
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. 2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree. Passed sentence may not be recall'd. Shak. 3. To call
RETRACTABLE
Capable of being retracted; retractile.
IRRETRACTILE
1. Not retractile. 2. Not tractile or ductile. Sir W. Hamilton.