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Retrenching

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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retrenching

vb. (present participle of retrench English)

Usage examples of "retrenching".

Sobran cautioned, retrenching mentally, "or else they have reason to be confident of their strategy.

But it was too late: by 1929 the speculative imbalances had become so overwhelming that the attempt precipitated a sharp retrenching and a consequent demoralizing of business confidence.