Diminish Definition

dĭ-mĭnĭsh
diminished, diminishes, diminishing
verb
diminished, diminishes, diminishing
To make, or make seem, smaller; reduce in size, degree, importance, etc.; lessen.
Webster's New World
To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of.
American Heritage
To cause to taper.
Webster's New World
To become smaller or less.
Webster's New World
To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Diminish

  • Middle English diminishen blend of diminuen to lessen (from Old French diminuer) (from Latin dīminuere) (variant of dēminuere) (dē- de-) (minuere to lessen) minishen to reduce (from Old French minuiser) (from Vulgar Latin minūtiāre) (from Latin minūtia smallness) (from minūtus small) (from) (past participle of minuere) mei-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French diminuer.

    From Wiktionary

Diminish Sentence Examples

  • Hence Spencer concludes that the sense of duty is transitory and must diminish as moralization increases.

  • As the distillation proceeded one layer would diminish more rapidly than the other until only the latter would remain; this would then distil as a completely miscible mixture.

  • The entropy cannot diminish.

  • If a system be removed from all communication with anything outside of itself, the whole amount of energy possessed by it will remain constant, but will of its own accord tend to undergo such transformations as will diminish its availability.

  • Nightmares usually diminish in frequency and intensity over time.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIM

Words Ending With

HSHISH

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diminish

Words Starting With D and Ending With H

Starts With D & Ends With HStarts With DI & Ends With HStarts With D & Ends With SH

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With H