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21diminish — See diminish, minimize …
22diminish — verb 1》 make or become less. 2》 [as adjective diminished] Music denoting an interval which is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval. Phrases (the law of) diminishing returns the principle that as expenditure or… …
23diminish — verb 1) the pain will gradually diminish Syn: decrease, lessen, decline, reduce, subside, dwindle, fade, slacken off, let up 2) new legislation diminished the courts authority Syn: reduce …
24diminish — Emi, ho ēmi, ho oiki, akaku u, ho ohapa; ♦ diminish, as stream water, ku u. Also: kāmuku, kāha u, kualili i, kuali ili i, koi i, kanaha i, kaneha i …
25diminish, minimize — Diminish means to make smaller, less, or less important, to reduce, shrink, decrease, or contract : Two aspirin tablets will diminish your pain. Minimize means to reduce to the smallest possible amount, degree, size, or extent and also means to… …
26diminish in effect — index attenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
27diminish in quality — index impair Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
28diminish the price of — index depreciate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
29diminish the value of — index depreciate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
30diminish — diminishable, adj. diminishment, n. /di min ish/, v.t. 1. to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce. 2. Archit. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top. 3. Music. to make (an interval)… …
