The Collaborative International Dictionary
Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.]
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To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him.
--Spenser. -
To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good.
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To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]
To withhold it the more easily in heart.
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
vb. (context rare English) (past participle of withhold English)
Usage examples of "withholden".
Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.