What is a synonym for "with-hold"?

Common synonyms include: retain, abstain, abstain from, arrest, avoid, begrudge.

With-hold

verb

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Verb

1
Obsolete form of withhold. alt-of, obsolete
"Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine, Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told, And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine, The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold: So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould."

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retain abstain abstain from arrest avoid begrudge

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"Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine, Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told, And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine, The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold: So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould."

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