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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: lessen (0.00879 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to lessen.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: lessen
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lessen
lessen
v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range;
“The amount of homework
decreased towards the end of the semester”;
“The cabin
pressure fell dramatically”;
“her weight fall to under a
hundred pounds”;
“his voice fell to a whisper” [syn:
decrease,
diminish,
fall] [ant:
increase]
2: make smaller;
“He decreased his staff” [syn:
decrease,
minify]
[ant:
increase]
3: wear off or die down;
“The pain subsided” [syn:
subside]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lessen
Lessen
\Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Lessened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lessening.] [From
Less, a.]
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
[1913 Webster]
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
[1913 Webster]
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
conspired to lessen it. --Atterbury.
Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
weaken; degrade.
[1913 Webster]
Lessen
\Less"en\, v. i.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be
diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as
we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
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The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than
this: there was one witness of no good reputation.
--Atterbury.
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