minish

[min-ish]

verb (used with or without object) Archaic.

to diminish or lessen.

Origin of minish

1300–50; late Middle English, variant (assimilated to -ish²) of menuse < Middle French menu(i)sier < Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre to lessen. See minute², mince

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Historical Examples of minish

Among them I used to minish myself to the size of an ant and become a pioneer hewing out a pathway through virgin thickets.
Lore of Proserpine
Maurice Hewlett
Short our end, and minish our pain; Let us go and never come again.
Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction
Anonymous