What does withold mean?

withold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

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"Us if he ſhall hear novv, hovv much leſs vvill he hear vvhen vve cry hereafter, vvho once deliver'd by him from a King, and not vvithout vvondrous Acts of his Providence, inſenſible and unvvorthy of thoſe high Mercies, are returning precipitantly, if he vvithold us not, back to the Captivity from vvhence he freed us."

witholds (present, singular) witholding (participle, present) witheld (past) witheld (participle, past) witholden (archaic, participle)

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