retrencher
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retrencher — Retrencher, Praecidere. Aidez vous de Trencher. Retrencher les gages, Minuere stipendia. B. Retrencher sa despense, Rationes vel impendia circumcidere. Budaeus. Retrencher son train, Comitatum circumcidere. B. Retrencher les chevauchées,… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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retrench — retrenchable, adj. retrencher, n. /ri trench /, v.t. 1. to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses). 2. to cut off or remove. 3. Mil. to protect by a retrenchment. v.i. 4. to economize; reduce expenses: They retrenched by eliminating… … Universalium
retrench — [16] Retrench originally meant literally ‘dig a new trench as a second line of defence’. It was borrowed from early modern French retrencher, a descendant of Old French retrenchier. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
retrench — [16] Retrench originally meant literally ‘dig a new trench as a second line of defence’. It was borrowed from early modern French retrencher, a descendant of Old French retrenchier. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and… … Word origins
retrench — verb Etymology: obsolete French retrencher (now retrancher), from Middle French retrenchier, from re + trenchier to cut Date: 1596 transitive verb 1. a. cut down, reduce b. to cut out ; excise … New Collegiate Dictionary
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retrancher — [ r(ə)trɑ̃ʃe ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • XIV e; retrenchier « tailler de nouveau » v. 1130; de re et trenchier, trancher I ♦ Enlever d un tout (une partie, un élément); supprimer (un élément). ⇒ couper, éliminer, enlever, ôter, soustraire. 1 ♦ … Encyclopédie Universelle
resserrer — (re sè ré) v. a. 1° Replacer, remettre une chose en son lieu. Resserrez cette vaisselle dans l armoire. • Monsieur du Maine ayant eu commandement du roi de resserrer au Château Trompette toute l artillerie de son gouvernement, MALH. Lett. II … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
suppléer — (su plé é), je supléais, nous suppléions, vous suppléiez ; que je supplée, que nous suppléions. que vous suppléiez, v. a. 1° Ajouter ce qui manque, fournir ce qu il faut de surplus. Ce sac doit être de mille francs ; et ce qu il y aura de moins … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
