Definition of diminish

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

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Dwarf :: Dwarf (v. i.) To become small; to diminish in size.
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..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
Disaugment :: Disaugment (v. t.) To diminish.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
Wasting :: Wasting (a.) Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune..
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
Imbase :: Imbase (v. i.) To diminish in value.
Thin :: Thin (v. i.) To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear..
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
Pare :: Pare (v. t.) Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.
Seventh :: Seventh (n.) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished..
Disaffect :: Disaffect (v. t.) To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Stegnotic :: Stegnotic (a.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Polyoptrum :: Polyoptrum (n.) A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size..
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