RETRENCH
\ɹɪtɹˈɛnt͡ʃ], \ɹɪtɹˈɛntʃ], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of RETRENCH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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To cut off; to pare away.
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To confine; to limit; to restrict.
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To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
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To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
By Oddity Software
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To cut off; to pare away.
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To confine; to limit; to restrict.
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To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
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To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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