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retrenched
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: retrench )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To cut off; to pare away. Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham. To ...
Usage examples of retrenched.
Strikers demanding reinstatement of all retrenched white employees and guaranteed job security for all.
The people that were retrenched from this mine last month were given three months pay in lieu of notice, she said, Three times more than they were entitled to, you know that.
I had more or less deduced what she was admitting to, but I hadn’t really been prepared to accept that it was true, and for a moment I retrenched, believing again that she was crazy, that she had tricked me into swallowing her craziness as fact.
Penelope, who had been ready to dismiss the young man, retrenched, deciding to give him just a bit of her attention.