LESSEN, LESSENED, LESSENING
ADJECTIVES
1475 — DIMINUTE diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect → obs.
1681 — IMMINUTE diminished, lessened → obs.
1811 — DECRESCENT decreasing, growing gradually less
NOUNS
1340 — LESSING lessening, diminution; abatement → obs.
1589 — RABATE — RABBATE diminution; lessening, drawing in → obs.
1590 — IMMINUTION diminution, lessening, decrease → obs.
1621 — DECREMENT the fact of decreasing or growing gradually less; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss
1677 — BATEMENT reduction, lessening, diminution → arch.
VERBS
1175 — KEEL to make less violent, eager, or ardent; to assuage, to mitigate, to lessen → obs.
1200 — WANZE to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane → obs.
1225 — LESS to become less, to decrease → obs.
1300 — LESS to make less, to lessen, to diminish → obs.
1300 — PAIR to make worse; to lessen → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1340 — LOW to lessen, to diminish; to reduce a price or value
1390 — WELK to become less, to diminish, to shrink → obs.
1400 — IMMINISH to become less; to decrease → obs.
1445 — FAIK — FALK to abate, to diminish, to lessen; to deduct → Sc.
1450 — DEBATE to abate; to beat down, to bring down, to lower, to reduce, to lessen, to diminish → obs.
1503 — PERSWAGE to assuage, to lessen, to diminish, to dim → obs.
1515 — INLESS to make less, to diminish → obs.
1534 — MINORATE to lessen, to diminish, to depreciate → obs.
1575 — DIMINUTE to lessen; to belittle, to disparage, to put down, to degrade, to humiliate
1581 — BASE to lessen in amount or value, to depreciate → obs.
1599 — FAINT to make less, to diminish → obs.
1605 — DISQUANTITY to lessen in quantity, to diminish
1646 — DEQUANTITATE to diminish the quantity or amount of; to lessen → obs.
1657 — MINUATE to make less, to diminish, to reduce → obs.
1661 — SMOOTHEN to make easy or plain; to free from difficulty, obstruction, etc.; to lighten or lessen a difficulty
1776 — TAKE OFF to abate, to grow less, to decrease
1791 — THIN to lessen in numbers, to diminish → Sc.
1830 — MINIFY to reduce in actual size or importance; to make less, to lessen
1884 — SCARCEN to render scarce; to lessen the number → N. Ireland
1905 — TAKE DOWN to reduce in circumstances; to lessen; to make bankrupt → Sc. (Bk.)
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