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† aˈminish, v. Obs.
Forms: 5 amynusshe, amenyshe, 6 amynysshe.
[Refashioned from earlier amenuse; cf. diminish.]
To make less, lessen, diminish.
1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 33 It is better to amynusshe that hurteth than to encresse that helpeth. 1493in Test. Ebor. IV. 26 Not to amenyshe my wife's parte. 1530Palsgr. 426/2, I amynysshe, I lessyn or make lesse, Je amenuise. I dare nat amynysshe it for feare I marre all togyther. |