rediminishv.
/ˌriːdᵻˈmɪnɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌridəˈmɪnɪʃ/ rare.
transitive. To diminish (something) again or further. Also intransitive.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rededuire, to rededuct, rediminish.
a1743 R. Savage Animalcule in Wks. Brit. Poets (1819) XIX. 204 In Britain, Halifax it rose; (By Halifax, bloom'd Congreve's strains); And now it rediminish'd glows, To glide through godlike Rutland's veins.
1865 W. L. Gage tr. C. Ritter Compar. Geogr. Palestine & Sinaitic Peninsula III. 396 The density of the water increases rapidly with the depth, up to 150 or 200 metres, but below that point re-diminishes sensibly.
1934 R. P. Blackmur Psyche in South 13 Speculation, greed, and exhaustion..rediminished the rigor of responsibility.
2002 R. B. Dunaway Bk. of Visual Studio .Net vii. 125 Classic Visual Basic not only allowed developers to rediminish an array, but also initialize the array.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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