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re·tire  audio  (r-tr) KEY 

VERB:
re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires
VERB:
intr.
  1. To withdraw, as for rest or seclusion.
  2. To go to bed.
  3. To withdraw from one's occupation, business, or office; stop working.
  4. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
  5. To move back or away; recede.
VERB:
tr.
  1. To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity: retired all executives at 55.
  2. To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
  3. To take out of circulation: retired the bonds.
  4. To withdraw from use or active service: retiring an old battleship.
  5. Baseball
    1. To put out (a batter).
    2. To cause (the opposing team) to end a turn at bat.
ETYMOLOGY:
French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw ; see tier1


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