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Diminish
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DIMINISH, L., to lessen less.
1. To lessen to make less or smaller, by any means opposed to increase and augment as, to diminish the size of a thing by contraction, or by cutting off a part to diminish a number by subtraction to diminish the revenue by limiting commerce, or reducing the customs to diminish strength or safety to diminish the heat of a room. It is particularly applied to bulk and quantity, as shorten is to length.
2. To lessen to impair to degrade.
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Ezekiel 29 .
3. In music, to take from a note by a sharp, flat or natural.
To diminish from, to take away something.
Neither shall you diminish aught from it Deuteronomy 4 .
DIMINISH, To lessen to become or appear less or smaller. The size of an object diminishes, as we recede from it.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Diminish'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/diminish.html.
Entry for 'Diminish'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/diminish.html.
