minify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make less.
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to minimize.
verb
Other Word Forms
- minification noun
Etymology
Origin of minify
1670–80; < Latin min ( us ) less + -ify, modeled on magnify
Example Sentences
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It has throughout denied or minified Mendelian results, and depended on the treatment of inheritance by a study of correlations.
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It has become a habit with some to make light of these grim and terrible facts, to minify the suffering experienced, or to try and impute the terrible condition to drink.
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Unless this fact be kept in mind, the influence of the Church upon Masonry, which no one seeks to minify, may easily be exaggerated.
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No doubt engineering may succeed in removing some of the obstacles and in minifying the dangers of this passage.
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As in the Hero-Worship, he shows this Teutonic bias, and the religious training that minified Greek literature.
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