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      retractile
      adjective
      capable of retraction
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backtraheretract- · Latin · to draw, pullilis-ile · Latin · capable of
      Words related to retractile
      nonretractileadjretractilitynretractableadjretractabilitynretractingvtelescopiformretractsvretractedadjdetachableadjtelescopingvundetachableadjnoncollapsibleadjretractivelyadvdetachabilitynretractiveadjextendableadjnondetachableadjremoveableadjcollapsibleadjfoldableadjretractornadjustableadjremovableadjattachableadjexpandableadjadjustablyadvprehensilitynprehensileadjtelescopicadjensheathed

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      The word retractile breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); tract, from Latin trahere (“to draw, pull”); and -ile, from Latin ilis (“capable of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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