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diminish

1. [söz] kiçelmek [Umumy]

2. [söz] sabamak [Umumy]

3. [söz] seýreklemek [Umumy]

4. [söz] ýuwaşatmak [Umumy]

5. [söz] egismek [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

diminish

v. t. [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish.]1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. ()

Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. (Barrow.)

2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. ()

This doth nothing diminish their opinion. (Robynson (More's Utopia).)

I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. (Ezek. xxix. 15.)

O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads. (Milton.)

3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. ()

4. To take away; to subtract. ()

Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. (Deut. iv. 2.)

Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. -- Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Gwilt. -- Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. -- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. ()

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v. i. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it. ()