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Meaning of RETRAIT

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*trait"\, n. [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw
back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See {Retract}.]
A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.]

      Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. --Spenser.

 

 

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