Definition of diminish

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Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.

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Minorate :: Minorate (v. t.) To diminish.
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..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Pare :: Pare (v. t.) Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
Curtail :: Curtail (v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce..
Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins..
Wantrust :: Wantrust (n.) Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust.
Dwarf :: Dwarf (v. i.) To become small; to diminish in size.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..
Stegnotic :: Stegnotic (a.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally..
Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
Diminished :: Diminished (imp. & p. p.) of Diminis.
Bias :: Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..
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..
Rediminish :: Rediminish (v. t.) To diminish again.
Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..
Lessen :: Lessen (v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened..
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