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di⋅min⋅ish

  [di-min-ish]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
2. Architecture. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.
3. Music. to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.
4. to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.
–verb (used without object)
5. to lessen; decrease.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; b. diminuen (< AF diminuer < ML dīminuere for L dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish

Related forms:
di⋅min⋅ish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
di⋅min⋅ish⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
5. See decrease.
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Word Origin & History

diminish 
1417, from merger of two obsolete verbs, diminue and minish. Diminue is from O.Fr. diminuer "make small," from L. diminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" + minuere "make small." Minish is from O.Fr. menuisier, from L. minuere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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