What is to confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison. These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation I. Taylor called?
retrench — To confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison. These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation I. Taylor. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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