retrench
retrench
v. trans.
Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν. Absol., use P. δαπάνας συντέμνειν.
Retrenching generally with a view to economy: P. τἄλλα . . . συστελλόμενοι εἰς εὐτέλειαν (Thuc. 8, 4).
v. trans.
Cut down: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν. Absol., use P. δαπάνας συντέμνειν.
Retrenching generally with a view to economy: P. τἄλλα . . . συστελλόμενοι εἰς εὐτέλειαν (Thuc. 8, 4).
RETRENCH
circumscribere: finire: coercere: reprimere: modum facere alicui rei. To retrench expenses sumtus circumcidere (Liv.); sumtus contrahere minuere; parce vivere (Cic.).
circumscribere: finire: coercere: reprimere: modum facere alicui rei. To retrench expenses sumtus circumcidere (Liv.); sumtus contrahere minuere; parce vivere (Cic.).
retrench:
I. To cut down:
1. rĕcīdo, di, sum, 3 (to cut down): to r. their salaries, mercedes r., Suet. Tib. 34: to r. very much, perquam multa r., Quint. 12, 10, 52: Hor. A. P. 447: v.CUT DOWN , DIMINISH .
2. ampŭto, 1: Cic.: v.CURTAIL . Phr.: to r. expenses, sumptus minuere, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5; circumcidere, Liv. 32, 27; extenuare, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; impensas corripere, Suet. Tib. 34: v. RESTRICT .
II. T. t. in fortification: v. foll. art. andENTRENCH .
I. To cut down:
1. rĕcīdo, di, sum, 3 (to cut down): to r. their salaries, mercedes r., Suet. Tib. 34: to r. very much, perquam multa r., Quint. 12, 10, 52: Hor. A. P. 447: v.
2. ampŭto, 1: Cic.: v.
II. T. t. in fortification: v. foll. art. and