Lessen

['les(ə)n] or ['lɛsn]

Definition

(a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.

(v. i.) To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.

Typist: Rosa

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Diminish, decrease, reduce, abate, abridge, make less.[2]. Lower, degrade.

v. n. Decrease, diminish, abate, dwindle, shrink, be reduced.

Checker: Truman

Definition

v.t. to make less in any sense: to weaken: to degrade.—v.i. to become less shrink.

Typed by Bert

Examples

Editor: Randolph

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