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Definition of lessen
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of lessen is as below...
Lessen
(a.) To make less; to
reduce;
to make
smaller,
or
fewer;
to
diminish;
to
lower;
to
degrade;
as, to
lessen
a
kingdom,
or a
population;
to
lessen
speed,
rank,
fortune..
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Sleep
::
Sleep (v. i.) A
natural
and
healthy,
but
temporary
and
periodical,
suspension
of the
functions
of the
organs
of
sense,
as well as of those of the
voluntary
and
rational
soul; that state of the
animal
in which there is a
lessened
acuteness
of
sensory
perception,
a
confusion
of
ideas,
and a loss of
mental
control,
followed
by a more or less
unconscious
state..
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..
Assuage
::
Assuage
(v. t.) To
soften,
in a
figurative
sense;
to
allay,
mitigate,
ease, or
lessen,
as heat, pain, or
grief;
to
appease
or
pacify,
as
passion
or
tumult;
to
satisfy,
as
appetite
or
desire..
Deaden
::
Deaden
(a.) To make as dead; to
impair
in
vigor,
force,
activity,
or
sensation;
to
lessen
the force or
acuteness
of; to
blunt;
as, to
deaden
the
natural
powers
or
feelings;
to
deaden
a
sound..
Leeboard
::
Leeboard
(n.) A
board,
or frame of
planks,
lowered
over the side of a
vessel
to
lessen
her
leeway
when
closehauled,
by
giving
her
greater
draught..
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..
Dishonorable
::
Dishonorable
(a.)
Wanting
in
honor;
not
honorable;
bringing
or
deserving
dishonor;
staining
the
character,
and
lessening
the
reputation;
shameful;
disgraceful;
base..
Invalidate
::
Invalidate
(v. t.) To
render
invalid;
to
weaken
or
lessen
the force of; to
destroy
the
authority
of; to
render
of no force or
effect;
to
overthrow;
as, to
invalidate
an
agreement
or
argument..
Pare
::
Pare (v. t.) Fig.: To
diminish
the bulk of; to
reduce;
to
lessen.
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..
Derogatory
::
Derogatory
(a.)
Tending
to
derogate,
or
lessen
in
value;
expressing
derogation;
detracting;
injurious;
-- with from to, or
unto..
Lessener
::
Lessener
(n.) One who, or that
which,
lessens..
Diminuent
::
Diminuent
(a.)
Lessening.
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..
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..
Derogate
::
Derogate
(v. t.) To
lessen;
to
detract
from; to
disparage;
to
depreciate;
-- said of a
person
or
thing.
Moderate
::
Moderate
(v. t.) To
restrain
from
excess
of any kind; to
reduce
from a state of
violence,
intensity,
or
excess;
to keep
within
bounds;
to make
temperate;
to
lessen;
to
allay;
to
repress;
to
temper;
to
qualify;
as, to
moderate
rage,
action,
desires,
etc.; to
moderate
heat or
wind..
Deaden
::
Deaden
(a.) To
lessen
the
velocity
or
momentum
of; to
retard;
as, to
deaden
a
ship's
headway..
Minify
::
Minify
(v. t.) To make
small,
or
smaller;
to
diminish
the
apparent
dimensions
of; to
lessen..
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