† paucifyv.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin paucus few (see pauci- comb. form) + -ify suffix. Compare post-classical Latin paucificatio action or fact of making fewer (late 14th cent. in a British source).

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make few or fewer; to lessen, diminish.

ΘΚΠ

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

thinc1440

depopulate1545

shorten1604

disquantity1608

waste1617

dequantitate1646

paucify1648

castrate1728

shrink1832

1648 Brit. Bell-man in Harl. Misc. (1811) VII. 626 To paucify the number of those you conceived would counter~vote you.

1792 W. Cowper Let. 26 Dec. (1984) IV. 265 My opportunities of writing are paucified, as perhaps Dr. Johnson would have dared to say.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	paucify
释义	† paucifyv. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin paucus , -ify suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin paucus few (see pauci- comb. form) + -ify suffix. Compare post-classical Latin paucificatio action or fact of making fewer (late 14th cent. in a British source). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make few or fewer; to lessen, diminish. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce in quantity or number thinc1440 depopulate1545 shorten1604 disquantity1608 waste1617 dequantitate1646 paucify1648 castrate1728 shrink1832 1648 Brit. Bell-man in Harl. Misc. (1811) VII. 626 To paucify the number of those you conceived would counter~vote you. 1792 W. Cowper Let. 26 Dec. (1984) IV. 265 My opportunities of writing are paucified, as perhaps Dr. Johnson would have dared to say. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1648
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