With-hōld'1, v. t.
[imp. WITHHELD; p. p. WITHHELD, or WITHHOLDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. WITHHOLDING.] 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. *Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser.* 2. 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. Milton.*