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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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