Definition for
diminish
– To taper, as a column.
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To lessen; make or seem to make less or smaller by any means; reduce: opposed to increase and augment: as, to
– To lower in power, importance, or estimation; degrade; belittle; detract from.
– To take away; subtract: with from, and applied to the object removed.
– In music, to lessen by a semitone, as an interval.
– To lessen; become or appear less or smaller; dwindle: as, the prospect of success is diminishing by delay.
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Synonyms Dwindle, Contract, etc. (see
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