lessen
verb (used without object)
to become less.
unlessened
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a word derived from
lessen.
Example Sentences
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On his appearance, An' Jerusha rushed towards him with wide-spread, motherly arms, but observing his involuntary recoil, she stood still, looking at him with unlessened affection.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
This is merely an exaggerated example of the insistence on the part of parents on the unlessened exercise of that power of control over children, which is the very negation of democracy.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise
We cannot rest at ends attained and find unlessened rapture in them.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
The heat and the sun, which were unlessened by the autumn season, made him feel out of his element.
From An Iceland Fisherman by M. Jules Cambon
Of all the longings and affections that one by one have perished from my heart, the solitary passion for nature has alone remained, unlessened and undisturbed.
From The Forsaken Inn A Novel by Anna Katharine Green
