retroire

retroire [CL] 1 to go back, return, retreat. subito calor quidam ‥ eum ‥ magno timore perculsum ~ire coegit Hexham 206; ut cogerent defensores ~ire, et inter muros interiores sese recipere M. Par. Min. I 139. 2 to withdraw (from an undertaking). 1341 oporteret eos se nostris obsequiis subtrahere et ab inito federe ~ire Avesb. f. 96.