2. Verb. (third-person singular of retreat) ¹
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Definition of Retreats
1. retreat [v] - See also: retreat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retreats
Literary usage of Retreats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was the organizer of ecclesiastical retreats in France, ... St. Vincent de
Paul established retreats for candidates for ordination first at Beauvais ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... but are recalled—Graham marches across the hills to Murguia—Relative strength
and position of the hostile armies—Battle of Vittoria—Joseph retreats by ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... but are recalled—Graham marches across the hills to Murguia—Relative strength
and position of lhe hostile armies—Battle of Vittoria—Joseph retreats by ..."
4. Democracy and Liberty by William Edward Hartpole, Lecky (1896)
"retreats FOR INEBRIATES could be deprived of his liberty except for the commission
of crime, and that simple drunkenness could not be treated as such.1 It ..."
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