Retractate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To retract; to recant. obsolete

    "St. Augustines authoritie you let slip denying him a fit Maister to follow, you say he might retractate this, but neither you doe nor can show that he did retractate it."

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"St. Augustines authoritie you let slip denying him a fit Maister to follow, you say he might retractate this, but neither you doe nor can show that he did retractate it."

Etymology

From Latin retractatus, past participle of retractare. See retract.

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