minish

[ min-ish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.

to diminish or lessen.

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Word History and Origins

1300–50; late Middle English, variant (assimilated to -ish ² ) of menuse < Middle French menu ( i ) sier < Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre to lessen. See minute ², mince

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Example Sentences

Short our end, and minish our pain; Let us go and never come again.

From Project Gutenberg

Among them I used to minish myself to the size of an ant and become a pioneer hewing out a pathway through virgin thickets.

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miniseries miniski

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