Withhold

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Middle English: from the prefix with- ‘away’ + the verb hold1.

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From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- +‎ hold.

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withhold (v.)

c. 1200, from with- "back, away" (see with) + holden "to hold" (see hold (v.)); probably a loan-translation of Latin retinere "to withhold." Related: Withheld; withholding. Past participle form withholden was still used 19c.