to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
Architecture. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.
Music. to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.
to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.
—verb (used without object)
to lessen; decrease.
Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English; blend of diminuen (< Anglo-French diminuer < Medieval Latin dīminuere for Latin dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish
to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.Architecture. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.Music. to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.—verb (used without object)to lessen; decrease.Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English; blend of diminuen (< Anglo-French diminuer < Medieval Latin dīminuere for Latin dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish
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