Retire is defined as to take out of use, go to bed, or a person giving up their work.
(verb)See retire in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb retired, retiring
Origin: Fr retirer < re-, back + tirer, to draw < VL *tirare
transitive verb
See retire in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: French retirer, to retreat
Origin: , from Old French, to take back
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + tirer, to draw; see tier1
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