minish

American  

[min-ish] / ˈmɪn ɪʃ /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. to diminish or lessen.

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Usage

What does minish mean? Minish means the same thing as diminish—to make or become smaller, fewer, or less.Minish is considered archaic, which means it was once in regular usage but is now largely unused.Example: Our forces have minished, and we must draw back.

Etymology

Origin of minish

1300–50; late Middle English, variant (assimilated to -ish ² ) of menuse < Middle French menu ( i ) sier < Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre to lessen. See minute ², mince

Example Sentences

But bleeding, weak with years, and tired, Beneath the demon's blows expired, Due rites at Ráma's hands obtained, And bliss that ne'er shall minish, gained.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Hark! in the minster-tower minish the joy-bells, And all men are hushed now these marvels to hear.

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

I think I shall die here; since for all we have shot we minish them nowise. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Among them I used to minish myself to the size of an ant and become a pioneer hewing out a pathway through virgin thickets.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

But as for her she neither refuseth the hated bridal, nor hath the heart to make and end; so they devour and minish my house; and ere long will they make havoc likewise of myself.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew