DIMINISH
\dɪmˈɪnɪʃ], \dɪmˈɪnɪʃ], \d_ɪ_m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of DIMINISH
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; - opposed to augment or increase.
By Oddity Software
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To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; - opposed to augment or increase.
By Noah Webster.
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To make less; reduce in bulk or amount; weaken; impair; detract from; reduce in authority, or rank; degrade.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
