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.