Definition of diminish

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Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..
Dequantitate :: Dequantitate (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.
Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..
Wantrust :: Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Bushing :: Bushing (n.) The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc..
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.
Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..
Diminisher :: Diminisher (n.) One who, or that which, diminishes anything..
Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..
Impair :: Impair (v. t.) To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value..
Diminishment :: Diminishment (n.) Diminution.
Disquantity :: Disquantity (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to lessen.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin..
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..
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