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Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia..

Compressed :: Compressed (a.) Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..

Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (v. t.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..

Humiliation :: Humiliation (n.) The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission..

Algebraize :: Algebraize (v. t.) To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form.

Friable :: Friable (a.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder..

Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering..

Slug :: Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..

Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve..

Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked..

Base :: Base (a.) To reduce the value of; to debase.

Disafforest :: Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

Nebulize :: Nebulize (v. t.) To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc..

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