intransitive. To make a retraction; to recant. Also with from. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract (11) revoke1395 intransitive. To make a retraction; to recant. Also with from. Obsolete. renayc1450 intransitive. To recant an opinion, esp. a heretical one. Also transitive. Obsolete. reclaima1475 transitive. To retract (a statement, accusation, etc.); to revoke (a sentence, etc.); spec. to renounce (religious vows). Also intransitive, with ag… faggot1538 intransitive. To carry a faggot of wood or wear a representation of a faggot, as a token of having recanted heresy. Cf. faggot, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. recant1542 intransitive in same sense. recry1568 intransitive. Scottish. Probably: to recant, retract. Obsolete. rare. to eat one's words1571 Phrases, chiefly transferred and figurative. to eat one's words: to retract in a humiliating manner. See also humble pie, n. recall1585 intransitive. To recant; to make a disavowal or retraction. Also transitive (reflexive) in same sense. Obsolete. unsay1585 intransitive. (Frequently in 17th cent.) retract1644 intransitive in same sense. palinode1847 intransitive. To retract, recant, withdraw a statement. |
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