Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
   See {Tirade}.]
   1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

            He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
            into a forest.                        --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

            As when the sun is present all the year, And never
            doth retire his golden ray.           --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.

Retire \Re*tire"\, v. i.
   1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof;
      to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into
      privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the
      world, or from notice.

            To Una back he cast him to retire.    --Spenser.

            The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to
            herself she gladly doth retire.       --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.

   2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety
      or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

            Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle,
            and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and
            die.                                  --2 Sam. xi.
                                                  15.

   3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as,
      having made a large fortune, he retired.

            And from Britannia's public posts retire. --Addison.

   4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea
      retires in bays and gulfs.

   5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

   Syn: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat;
        retrocede.

Retire \Re*tire"\, n.
   1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also,
      a place to which one retires. [Obs.]

            The battle and the retire of the English succors.
                                                  --Bacon.

            [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to
      skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Source : WordNet®

retire
     v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw
          from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
     2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
        [syn: {withdraw}]
     3: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
        "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {retreat},
         {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {move
        back}]
     4: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" [syn: {recede},
         {fall back}] [ant: {advance}]
     5: withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills,
        shares, and bonds
     6: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
        "The men retired to the library" [syn: {adjourn}, {withdraw}]
     7: make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the
        scandal"
     8: dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old
        coat" [syn: {pension off}]
     9: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
        [syn: {withdraw}]
     10: cause to be out on a fielding play [syn: {put out}]
     11: cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the
         runner was put out at third base" [syn: {strike out}]
     12: go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at
         midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn" [syn: {go
         to bed}, {turn in}, {bed}, {crawl in}, {kip down}, {hit
         the hay}, {hit the sack}, {sack out}, {go to sleep}]
         [ant: {get up}, {get up}]