Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retrenching"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Retrench \Re*trench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retrenched}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Retrenching}.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
{Trench}.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.

Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.

2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.

But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.

3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.

These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.

4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.

Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.

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