rétrécir, v.a., to take in, to straiten, to make narrower, to contract; to narrow, to cramp; to shrink; to limit.
se rétrécir, v.r., to become narrow, to grow strait; to shrink, to contract; to be cramped, contracted, straitened.
rétrécir, v.n., to narrow, to shrink up.
rétrécissement (-sis-mān), n.m., narrowing, shrinking, cramping; contracting; narrowness, contraction; (med.) stricture.
rétreindre, v.a., to hammer out (metal).
rétreinte, n.f., hammering out.
retremper, v.a., to temper again (metal); to give renewed force to, to strengthen.
se retremper, v.r., to acquire renewed strength; to recruit one’s strength, to be strengthened, invigorated.
rétribué, -e, adj., remunerated, rewarded.
rétribuer, v.a., to remunerate, to requite, to reward; to give a salary, a fee, to.