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withhold (v.)
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.
