Category:Withhold

With*hold", v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, obs. or archaic Withholden (p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] Etym: [with again, Against, back + hold.]

1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, o sovereign prince, your hasty hand from knitting league With him. Spenser.

2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a Proposition. Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold longer thy offered good. Milton.

3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer.