RETRENCH', v.t. 1. To cut off; to pare away.And thy exuberant parts retrench.2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.3. To confine; to limit. [Not proper.]RETRENCH', v.i. To live at less expense. It is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
|