Definition of diminish

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Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.

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Imbase :: Imbase (v. i.) To diminish in value.
Calando :: Calando (a.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. i.) To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it..
Depletion :: Depletion (n.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea..
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..
Diminishing :: Diminishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diminis.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Draught :: Draught (v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin..
Dequantitate :: Dequantitate (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity.
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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..
Semidiapente :: Semidiapente (n.) An imperfect or diminished fifth.
Miniature :: Miniature (v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
Minishment :: Minishment (n.) The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution..
Decreasing :: Decreasing (a.) Becoming less and less; diminishing.
Diminished :: Diminished (imp. & p. p.) of Diminis.
Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver..
Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..
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