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Grammar : Adj
Spell : with-hohld, with-
Phonetic Transcription : wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-



Définition of withheld

Origin :
  • c.1200, from with- "back, away" (see with) + holden "to hold" (see hold (v.)); probably a loan-translation of Latin retinere "to withhold." Related: Withheld; withholding. Past participle form withholden was still used 19c.
  • adj concealed
Example sentences :
  • It was withheld for some time, and had only been recently exhibited.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Another honour, of greater import, was withheld from the conquerors.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • If it comes, he may bless God; but if it be withheld, he must calculate upon it.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
  • Where his fellow man had withheld, the filly had given her all and questioned not.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • They were listening, straining unconsciously to get the meaning he withheld from them.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • That smile, which I might have given, but had withheld, became for me a sort of symbol.
  • Extract from : « The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice » by V. Sackville West
  • Bernard had the book in his hand, but he would not prompt, he withheld all assistance.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • Thorpe would have darted after her, but Morland withheld him.
  • Extract from : « Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters » by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
  • They said that Provence, not being among Charles's lordships, was not withheld by him.
  • Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 » by J. Endell Tyler
  • One incident of his225 visit, however, he withheld, and for a purpose.
  • Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn

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