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Diminish

Diminish (diminish)
v. t.(?)
Di*min"ish
[imp. *** p. p. Diminished (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis- ) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See D
  1. To make smaller in any manner] to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

    Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. Barrow.

  2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.

    This doth nothing diminish their opinion. Robynson (More's Utopia).

    I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Ezek. xxix. 15.

    O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
    Hide their diminished heads.     Milton.

  3. To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
  4. To take away; to subtract.

    Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2.

    Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. -- Diminished, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Gwilt. -- Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. -- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.

    Syn. -- To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See Decrease.

Diminish

Diminish (diminish)
v. i.
Di*min"ish
  1. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.












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