Retouch
(Re*touch"), n. (Fine Arts) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the
like.
Retoucher
(Re*touch"er) n. One who retouches.
Retrace
(Re*trace") v. t. [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]
1. To trace back, as a line.
Then if the line of Turnus you retrace,
He springs from Inachus of Argive race.
Driden. 2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's
steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
Retract
(Re*tract") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. rétracter, L. retractare,
retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.
Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.
Syn. — To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
Retract
(Re*tract"), v. i.
1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
She will, and she will not; she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then files.
Granville. Retract
(Re*tract"), n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retractable
(Re*tract"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. rétractable.] Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Retractate
(Re*tract"ate) v. t. [L. retractatus, p. p. of retractare. See Retract.] To retract; to recant.
[Obs.]
Retractation
(Re`trac*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. rétractation, L. retractatio a revision, reconsideration. ] The act
of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retractible
(Re*tract"i*ble) a. Retractable.
Retractile
(Re*tract"ile) a. [Cf. F. - rétractile.] (Physiol.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn
back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
Retraction
(Re*trac"tion) n. [Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]
1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
