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withhold

/wɪθˈhoʊld/ verbe C1

En français : retenir, refuser, cacher

  1. To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. (transitive) · The bank withheld her credit card.
  2. To keep (information, assent, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing it. (transitive) · withhold vital information· a withheld phone number
  3. To stay back, to refrain. (intransitive) · I’ll withhold from asking about it.

He/she/it withholds · Prétérit withheld · Participe passé withheld · Forme en -ing withholding

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
withhold
He/she/it
withholds
Prétérit
withheld
Participe passé
withheld
Forme en -ing
withholding

Un verbe irrégulier : apprenez par cœur son prétérit et son participe passé.

Dans la bibliothèque

Elizabeth was glad to be taken to her immediately; and Jane, who had only been withheld by the fear of giving alarm or inconvenience, from expressing in her note how much she longed for such a visit, was delighted at her entrance.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 35 · B2
But, in spite of the certainty in which Elizabeth affected to place this point, as well as the still more interesting one of Bingley’s being withheld from seeing Jane, she felt a solicitude on the subject which convinced her, on examination, that she did not consider it entirely hopeless.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 164 · B2
In short, my dear aunt, I should be very sorry to be the means of making any of you unhappy; but since we see, every day, that where there is affection young people are seldom withheld, by immediate want of fortune, from entering into engagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow-creatures, if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that it would be wiser to resist?
Pride and Prejudice, p. 167 · B2
You have withheld the advantages which you must know to have been designed for him.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 223 · B2

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