retired
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
See {Tirade}.]
1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
into a forest. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J.
Davies.
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2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take
up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no
longer qualified for active service; to place on the
retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
retired habits.
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A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne.
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2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
officer; a retired physician.
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{Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
of the work.
{Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
from active service, but still receive a specified amount
of pay from the government.
[1913 Webster] -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness},
n.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "retired":
abandoned, abjured, anonymous, antiquated, antique, apart, archaic,
closet, deserted, detached, devious, discontinued, disused,
done with, emeritus, free, idle, in a backwater, in retirement,
incognito, inmost, innermost, insular, interior, intimate, inward,
isolated, leisure, leisured, lonesome, not worth saving,
obsolescent, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, on pension,
on the shelf, open, out, out of use, out-of-date, out-of-the-way,
out-of-the-world, outdated, outmoded, outworn, past use, pensioned,
pensioned off, personal, private, privy, quarantined, relinquished,
remote, removed, renounced, resigned, secluded, secret, segregated,
semiretired, separate, separated, sequestered, shut off, spare,
superannuate, superannuated, superseded, unfrequented, unoccupied,
unvisited, withdrawn, worn-out
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