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Diminish
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
(2):
(v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; - opposed to augment or increase.
(3):
(v. i.) To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
(4):
(v. t.) To take away; to subtract.
(5):
(v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diminish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/diminish.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diminish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/diminish.html. 1828.
