Bible Dictionaries
Withhold

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.

(2):

(v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

(3):

(v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Withhold'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/withhold.html. 1828.