minifyv.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnəˌfaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin minor , -ify suffix.

Etymology: < min- (in classical Latin minor minor adj.) + -ify suffix, after magnify v.

1. transitive. To diminish in significance or importance; to regard or represent (something) as less significant than it really is; to depreciate, belittle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue

to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395

disprize1480

misprize1483

to make light of1526

extenuate1529

to make the worst ofc1530

seclude?1531

to take (also wrest) to the worst1531

deprisec1550

disparagea1556

undermatch1571

embase1577

underbid1593

underprize1600

underpoise1602

undervalue1611

minorize1615

underspeak1635

underthink1646

underrate1650

minify1676

under-measure1682

underpraise1698

sneeze1806

understate1824

disappreciate1828

under-estimatea1850

minimize1866

to play down1869

worsen1885

to sell short1936

downplay1948

underplay1949

lowball1979

minimalize1979

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant

to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303

mincea1591

to make no matter of1604

triflea1616

to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1632

pygmy1658

insignificate1676

minify1676

smooth1684

trivialize1846

nonentitize1903

minoritize1947

sideline1953

peripheralize1955

marginalize1970

marginate1970

deprioritize1973

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

anitherOE

wanzelOE

lessc1225

slakea1300

littenc1300

aslakec1314

adminisha1325

allayc1330

settle1338

low1340

minisha1382

reprovea1382

abatea1398

rebatea1398

subtlea1398

alaskia1400

forlyten?a1400

imminish14..

lessenc1410

diminish1417

repress?a1425

assuagec1430

scarcec1440

small1440

underslakec1440

alessa1450

debate?c1450

batec1460

decreasec1470

appetisse1474

alow1494

mince1499

perswage?1504

remita1513

inless?1521

attenuate1530

weaken1530

defray1532

mitigate1532

minorate1534

narrow?1548

diminuec1550

extenuate1555

amain1578

exolve1578

base1581

dejecta1586

amoinder1588

faint1598

qualify1604

contract1605

to pull down1607

shrivel1609

to take down1610

disaugment1611

impoverish1611

shrink1628

decoct1629

persway1631

unflame1635

straiten1645

depress1647

reduce1649

detract1654

minuate1657

alloy1661

lower?1662

sinka1684

retreat1690

nip1785

to drive down1840

minify1866

to knock down1867

to damp down1869

scale1887

mute1891

clip1938

to roll back1942

to cut back1943

downscale1945

downrate1958

slim1963

downshift1972

1676 Doctr. of Devils Ep. to Rdr. Their magnifying his body into an immensity sometimes; and then again at the same time minifying him in the smallest atomes of a wafer~cake.

a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VI. 322 Is man magnified or minified by considering himself as under the influence of the heavenly bodies.

1866 Contemp. Rev. 1 91 These are powerless,—we will not say altogether to repress and eradicate these evils, but to minify them.

1892 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer II. v. 304 The achievements of these celebrated men were minified rather than magnified.

1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry iv. 138 His generous concern for justice has led him to minify the pre-eminence of Mauberley when insistence on that pre-eminence is needed.

1953 R. Macaulay Let. 2 Dec. (1962) 127 Thank you for your encouraging words about my little misses and the Church... No, I shan't minify the mystery.

1984 G. Jennings Journeyer 68 The Doge Tiepolo will do everything possible to minify the scandal.

2. transitive. To reduce in actual size or amount; (now) esp. to reduce the size of (an image). Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1874 Littell's Living Age 7 Nov. 366/1 Nature is original; we are poor servile plagiarists...Beyond..magnifying one creature to a giant or minifying another to a pigmy, we accomplish absolutely nothing.

1882 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 419/1 There is a literature of travel which grows out of the reverse use of the glass, when the traveler has amused himself by minifying the landscape, and making that which is close at hand seem to be leagues away.

1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xiii. 267 An instantaneous babble erupted... Fen waited for it to minify.

1982 Jrnl. Nuclear Med. 23 606 A disadvantage is that individual views are minified by the 12PH collimator.

1997 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 169 935 Images that were acquired on the larger cassettes are printed on this smaller film, minified by one third from the original size.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minify
释义	minifyv. Brit. /ˈmɪnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪnəˌfaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin minor , -ify suffix. Etymology: < min- (in classical Latin minor minor adj.) + -ify suffix, after magnify v. 1. transitive. To diminish in significance or importance; to regard or represent (something) as less significant than it really is; to depreciate, belittle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 mincea1591 to make no matter of1604 triflea1616 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1632 pygmy1658 insignificate1676 minify1676 smooth1684 trivialize1846 nonentitize1903 minoritize1947 sideline1953 peripheralize1955 marginalize1970 marginate1970 deprioritize1973 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1676 Doctr. of Devils Ep. to Rdr. Their magnifying his body into an immensity sometimes; and then again at the same time minifying him in the smallest atomes of a wafer~cake. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VI. 322 Is man magnified or minified by considering himself as under the influence of the heavenly bodies. 1866 Contemp. Rev. 1 91 These are powerless,—we will not say altogether to repress and eradicate these evils, but to minify them. 1892 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer II. v. 304 The achievements of these celebrated men were minified rather than magnified. 1932 F. R. Leavis New Bearings in Eng. Poetry iv. 138 His generous concern for justice has led him to minify the pre-eminence of Mauberley when insistence on that pre-eminence is needed. 1953 R. Macaulay Let. 2 Dec. (1962) 127 Thank you for your encouraging words about my little misses and the Church... No, I shan't minify the mystery. 1984 G. Jennings Journeyer 68 The Doge Tiepolo will do everything possible to minify the scandal. 2. transitive. To reduce in actual size or amount; (now) esp. to reduce the size of (an image). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1874 Littell's Living Age 7 Nov. 366/1 Nature is original; we are poor servile plagiarists...Beyond..magnifying one creature to a giant or minifying another to a pigmy, we accomplish absolutely nothing. 1882 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 419/1 There is a literature of travel which grows out of the reverse use of the glass, when the traveler has amused himself by minifying the landscape, and making that which is close at hand seem to be leagues away. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xiii. 267 An instantaneous babble erupted... Fen waited for it to minify. 1982 Jrnl. Nuclear Med. 23 606 A disadvantage is that individual views are minified by the 12PH collimator. 1997 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 169 935 Images that were acquired on the larger cassettes are printed on this smaller film, minified by one third from the original size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1676
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