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Retrench

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.

 

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