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diminishable Definition


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diminish
verb diminishes, diminished, diminishing
    tr & intr
    1. To become or make something less or smaller.
      Thesaurus: lessen, decrease, reduce, lower, abate, curtail, dwindle, ebb, subside; Antonym: enhance, enlarge, increase.
    2. To make someone or something seem less important, valuable or satisfactory.
Derivative: diminishable
adj
    Derivative: diminished
      Having become less, smaller, less important, etc.
      Reduced by a semitone.
    Etymology: 15c: ultimately from Latin deminuere to make less.



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