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retire

retire
v. trans.
Retreat:
P. and V. ἀ̆νᾰχωρεῖν (Eur. Phoen. 730; Rhes. 775), ὑ̆ποστρέφειν, Ar. and P. ἐπᾰνᾰχωρεῖν, ὑποχωρεῖν, P. ἀνάγειν (Xen.), ἐπανάγειν (Xen.); see withdraw.
Retire slowly:
Ar. and P. ὑ̆πά̆γειν.
Depart:
P. and V. ἀ̆πέρχεσθαι, ἀ̆ποχωρεῖν, P. ἀποκομίζεσθαι, V. μεθίστασθαι, ἀ̆φέρπειν ; see depart.
Retire from
(a task, office, etc.): P. and V. ἀ̆φίστασθαι (gen.); see resign.
When you made Iphicrites retire from the command:
P. ἐπειδὴ τὸν Ἰφικράτην ἀποστράτηγον ἐποιήσατε (Dem. 669).

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