Found 3 items, similar to diminished.
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Definition: diminish
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diminished
diminished
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn:
lessened,
vitiated,
weakened]
2: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as
a result of disease or injury or lack of use;
“partial
paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm” [syn:
atrophied,
wasted] [ant:
hypertrophied]
3: (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any
perfect or minor musical interval;
“a diminished fifth”
4: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);
“her
comments made me feel small” [syn:
belittled,
small]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diminished
Diminish
\Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See
Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to
augment or
increase.
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Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
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2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
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O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or
Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See
Decrease.
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