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verb (used without object)
1.
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
2.
to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition.
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Origin:
1590–1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away (Middle English; Old English dwīnan; cognate with Middle Dutch dwīnen to languish, Old Norse dvīna to pine away) + -le
1590–1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away (Middle English; Old English dwīnan; cognate with Middle Dutch dwīnen to languish, Old Norse dvīna to pine away) + -le
Related forms
un·dwin·dling, adjective
Antonyms
1. increase. 3. magnify.
1. increase. 3. magnify.
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Word Origin & History
dwindle
1590s, apparently dim. and freq. of M.E. dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from O.E. dwinan, from P.Gmc. *dwinanan (cf. Du. dwijnen "to vanish"). Related: Dwindled; dwindling.
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