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From :: From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

Conical :: Conical (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel..

Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen..

Lessener :: Lessener (n.) One who, or that which, lessens..

Antifriction :: Antifriction (n.) Something to lessen friction; antiattrition.

Weaken :: Weaken (v. t.) To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument..

Minish :: Minish (a.) To diminish; to lessen.

Facilitate :: Facilitate (v. t.) To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Lessening :: Lessening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lesse.

Antifriction :: Antifriction (a.) Tending to lessen friction.

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

Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken..

Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..

Imminution :: Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.

Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process..

Detraction :: Detraction (n.) The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny..

Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen..

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