WITHHOLD, pret. and pp. withheld. with and hold.
1. TO hold back to restrain to keep from action.
Withhold--your hasty hand.
If our passions may be withheld.
2. To retain to keep back not to grant as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.
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