† micrifyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: micro- comb. form, -ify suffix.

Etymology: < micro- comb. form + -ify suffix, after magnify v. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (məi·krifəi) /ˈmaɪkrɪfaɪ/.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make small; to render insignificant; to play down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)]

thinc900

narroweOE

smalleOE

slakea1300

adminisha1325

minisha1382

reduce?c1400

diminish1417

littlea1500

extenuate1555

enstraiten1590

scantle1596

scant1599

bedwarfa1631

epitomize1630

dwarf1638

retrench1640

stunt1659

to take in1700

belittle1785

dwarfify1816

reduct1819

micrify1836

clip1858

downsize1977

1836 R. W. Emerson Nature 67 This power which he [sc. the poet] exerts..to magnify the small, to micrify the great.

1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 viii. 71 I should look less cheerily into the future did I not hope to micrify, by nobler work, my episodes upon the glaciers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	micrify
释义	† micrifyv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: micro- comb. form, -ify suffix. Etymology: < micro- comb. form + -ify suffix, after magnify v. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (məi·krifəi) /ˈmaɪkrɪfaɪ/. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make small; to render insignificant; to play down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1836 R. W. Emerson Nature 67 This power which he [sc. the poet] exerts..to magnify the small, to micrify the great. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 viii. 71 I should look less cheerily into the future did I not hope to micrify, by nobler work, my episodes upon the glaciers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1836
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