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Pare :: Pare (v. t.) Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.

Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.

Aslake :: Aslake (v. t. & i.) To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.

Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh..

Dequantitate :: Dequantitate (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.

Fluent :: Fluent (n.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral..

Lessen :: Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune..

Disquantity :: Disquantity (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to lessen.

Diminishable :: Diminishable (a.) Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..

Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less..

Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..

Semidiapente :: Semidiapente (n.) An imperfect or diminished fifth.

Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat..

Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights..

Piano :: Piano (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.).

Diminisher :: Diminisher (n.) One who, or that which, diminishes anything..

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