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Definition of Retraict
1. n. Retreat.
Definition of Retraict
1. a withdrawal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retraict
Literary usage of Retraict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"[\\ ritten formerly retraict and retrait.] Act of retiring ; state or place of
retirement or security : to go back ; go to a private abode. ..."
2. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... and yester- 1639, June 4th. daye, just as wee made our retraict, ... because I
speak of a retraict, I will in the first place tell you the business. ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"retraict" In the MS. : sine receptu in the translation. 1 This is not slated by
Polydore ; and I do not know where it comes from. But the Herald's narrative ..."
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