With*hold" (?), v. t. [imp. Withheld (?); p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.]

1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand
From knitting league with him.

2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold
Longer thy offered good.

3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]

To withhold it the more easily in heart.

With*hold" (?), v. t. [imp. Withheld (?); p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.]

1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand
From knitting league with him.

2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold
Longer thy offered good.

3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]

To withhold it the more easily in heart.

• (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  
• (transitive) To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  
• (transitive) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.