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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• withdraw:
  1. A. Trans.:
      1. 1. abdūco, xi, ctum, 3: it will be lawful to take away and w., auferre et abducere licebit, Cic. Quint. 27, 84.
      2. 2. dēdūco: to w. an army from these parts, exercitum deducere ex his regionibus, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: used esp. in this military sense: cf. Liv. 32, 27.
      3. 3. subdūco (to w. quietly): some cohorts withdrawn from the right wing he leads round behind the line, cohortes aliquot subductas ex dextro cornu post aciem circumducit, Liv. 27, 48: many stones having been withdrawn from the tower, compluribus lapidibus ex turri subductis, Caes. B. C. 2, 11.
      4. 4. abstrăho, xi, ctum, 3 (implies deprivation to some one): if they could have withdrawn some forces from Lepidus, si quas copias a Lepido abstraxissent, Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3.
      5. 5. dētrăho: they despised the legion for its weakness, now that two cohorts were w., legionem detractis cohortibus duabus propter paucitatem despiciebant, Caes. B. G. 3, 2.
      6. 6. rĕmŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to move away): having withdrawn the horses out of sight, remotis ex conspectu equis, Caes. B. G. 1, 25.
      7. 7. surrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to steal): you withdrew yourself from the forum, surripuisti te de foro, Pl. Men. 3, 2, 26.
      8. 8. āverto, ti, sum, 3 (to turn away, divert): the terrors of accusation w. the people's thoughts from the hope of success, terrores accusationis populi opinionem a spe adipiscendi avertunt, Cic. Mur. 21, 43: Pompey had withdrawn himself from Caesar's friendship, Pompeius se a Caesaris amicitia averterat, Caes. B. C. 1, 4.
      9. 9. āvŏco, 1: Socrates appears first to have withdrawn philosophy from abstruse matters and brought it into common life, Socrates videtur primus a rebus occultis philosophiam avocavisse, et ad vitam communem adduxisse, Cic. Acad. 1, 4, 15.
      10. 10. rĕtracto, 1 (to take back): there is no cause for them to w. their words, nihil est quod dicta retractent, Virg. Aen. 12, 11: v. to retract.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To retire:
      1. 1. cēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: I will w. and depart, ego cedam atque abibo, Cic. Mil. 34, 93.
      2. 2. rĕcēdo: the centurions withdrew from the place where they stood, centuriones ex eo quo stabant loco recesserunt Caes. B. G. 5, 43.
      3. 3. detrecto, 1 (to w. from, decline): to w. from duties, officia detrectare, Quint.
    2. II. To depart, retreat: se subducere, detrahere, removere, surripere, avertere: v. to depart, to retreat. Phr.: to withdraw from the public gaze, *conspectum hominum vitare, devitare: v. to shun: to w. from contest, deponere contentionem, Liv. 4, 6: to w. from office, abdicare se magistratu, Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15: v. to abdicate, to resign.