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RETIRED
retired
(adjective) no longer active in your work or profession
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
retired (comparative more retired, superlative most retired)
Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet. [from 16th c.]
Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded. [from 16th c.]
(of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. [from 16th c.]
No longer in use or production.
Verb
retired
simple past tense and past participle of retire
Anagrams
• retried, tireder
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tired", a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. 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.
– Re*tired"ly, adv.
– Re*tired"ness, n.
RETIRE
Re*tire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] Etym: [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]
1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.
2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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.
Re*tire", v. i.
1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. To Una back he cast him to retire. Spenser. The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. Sir J. Davies.
2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15.
3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison.
4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Syn.
– To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.
Re*tire", n.
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon. [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. Milton.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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