Definition of Retrenches

1. Verb. (third-person singular of retrench) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retrenches

1. retrench [v] - See also: retrench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrenches

retreatant
retreatants
retreated
retreater
retreaters
retreatful
retreating
retreatlike
retreatment
retreatments
retreats
retree
retrees
retrench
retrenched
retrenches (current term)
retrenching
retrenchment
retrenchments
retriable
retrial
retrials
retribute
retributed
retributer
retributers
retributes
retributing
retribution
retributionist

Literary usage of Retrenches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Real Life in Ireland: Or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles and by Pierce Egan, Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath (1904)
"His extravagance—Sells his stud, and retrenches. I HATE singing, said SIR SHAWN, more than I do being called upon to do so; but as you seem very much ..."

2. Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries by Victor Plarr (1899)
"... 1870; "Etudes sur la Fortification des Capitales et 1'investissement des Camps retrenches," 1 vol. gr. in 8vo, 1873; "La Defense des Etats et les Camps ..."

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