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单词 minish
释义 min·ish
\ˈminish\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English menusen, minishen, from Middle French menusier, menuiser to lessen, mince, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin minutiare to mince, from Latin minutia smallness, minuteness, from minutus minute + -ia -y — more at minute
archaic : to make less (as in size, amount, or degree) : make fewer in number : diminish in power or influence : lessen
 < have minished their numbers — Sir Walter Scott >
 < would not … minish by a tittle the respect due to the Magistrate — J.R.Lowell >
 < without … muddling it up with myths which simply minish its interest — George Saintsbury >
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