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minish
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/ ËmÉȘn ÉȘÊ /
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verb (used with or without object) Archaic.
to diminish or lessen.
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ABOUT THIS WORD
What does minish mean?
Where does minish come from?
The first records of the word minish come from around the 1300s. Minish ultimately comes from the Vulgar Latin verb minĆ«tiÄre, meaning âto lessen.â The word minute (meaning âsmallâ) is based on a related root.
The word diminish actually comes from a blend of minish and the Anglo-French-derived term diminuen, meaning âto lessenâ (from Latin verb dÄminuere, âto make smallerâ).
How to use minish in a sentence
Short our end, and minish our pain; Let us go and never come again.
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