Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to detrench
Participle: detrenched
Gerund: detrenching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | detrench |
| you | detrench |
| he;she;it | detrenches |
| we | detrench |
| you | detrench |
| they | detrench |
Perfect
| I | have detrenched |
| you | have detrenched |
| he;she;it | has detrenched |
| we | have detrenched |
| you | have detrenched |
| they | have detrenched |
Past
| I | detrenched |
| you | detrenched |
| he;she;it | detrenched |
| we | detrenched |
| you | detrenched |
| they | detrenched |
Pluperfect
| I | had detrenched |
| you | had detrenched |
| he;she;it | had detrenched |
| we | had detrenched |
| you | had detrenched |
| they | had detrenched |
Future
| I | will detrench |
| you | will detrench |
| he;she;it | will detrench |
| we | will detrench |
| you | will detrench |
| they | will detrench |
Future Perfect
| I | will have detrenched |
| you | will have detrenched |
| he;she;it | will have detrenched |
| we | will have detrenched |
| you | will have detrenched |
| they | will have detrenched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | detrench |
| you | detrench |
| he;she;it | detrench |
| we | detrench |
| you | detrench |
| they | detrench |
Perfect
| I | have detrenched |
| you | have detrenched |
| he;she;it | have detrenched |
| we | have detrenched |
| you | have detrenched |
| they | have detrenched |
Imperfect
| I | detrenched |
| you | detrenched |
| he;she;it | detrenched |
| we | detrenched |
| you | detrenched |
| they | detrenched |
Pluperfect
| I | had detrenched |
| you | had detrenched |
| he;she;it | had detrenched |
| we | had detrenched |
| you | had detrenched |
| they | had detrenched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would detrench |
| you | would detrench |
| he;she;it | would detrench |
| we | would detrench |
| you | would detrench |
| they | would detrench |
Perfect
| I | would have detrenched |
| you | would have detrenched |
| he;she;it | would have detrenched |
| we | would have detrenched |
| you | would have detrenched |
| they | would have detrenched |
Imperative
| you | detrench |
| we | Let's detrench |
| you | detrench |
Verbs conjugated like 'detrench'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'detrench'
betrench,
retrench,
bedrench,
debranch,
decrunch,
dequench,
detrect,
detrend,
drench,
entrench,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English.
Sample Sentences
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That I as well may furnish good mens needs / With bleſſings, as detrench th'abuſed ſtore / Of thankles caytiffes; crowne true vertues deeds / With honour, and on vice my vengeance poure. [1653, William Basse, “Urania, the Woman in the Moone: In Four Cantoes, or Quarters”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC, canto 1 (New Moone), stanza 12, page 81:]
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But these proceeding against him did not give plenary satisfaction to all, most cryed aloud for a Reformation in the Hierarchy it self, many would detrench from them their secular power, and votes in Parliament, name some were male-content unlesse the hole order were eradicated; and this was now vehemently pressed by the City Petition, now under consideration of the Committee: a mighty debate there was about this time in the House of Commons upon this Subject, and no arguments omitted which might officiate to either end; among the rest Espiscopacy had not a faster friend, nor the City Petition a stouter Antagonist, then the Lird Digby, who spake for the one and against the other no man to better purpose, and summarily thus. [1655, Edward Dod, Henry Seile, The Reign of King Charles:]
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In which instant he beheld sidelong how the cruel murtherer smote with his spear that delicate lady, and detrenched and cut the two master-veins of her neck, so as she fell dying in her blood. [1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 362, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC:]
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They found themselves caught up in a mesh of arguments about entrenching, re-entrenching and detrenching, with all the relevant permutations and combinations. [1955, The Forum, page 2:]
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Worthwhile amendments to some detrenched clauses affecting the Judiciary in the Republican Constitution are being studied carefully, and Bills will be laid before Parliament during the current session. [1980, Sierra Leone:]
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How do interests coalesce, how do they achieve or fail to achieve entrenchment, how are they detrenched when their day is done? [1985, The Journal of Developing Areas, volume 20, page 106:]