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101cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
102drain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw off, empty, exhaust, leak, drip, dry up. n. outlet, spout, sewer, ditch, gutter. See water, use, dryness, egress, waste, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pipe or conduit] Syn. duct, channel,… …
103extenuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. excuse, forgive, pardon, mitigate, palliate; attenuate; diminish, weaken. See vindication, weakness, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reduce, lessen, diminish, palliate, mitigate, qualify,… …
104taper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. narrow; come to a point; lessen, slacken, slack off, diminish. n. candle, light; pyramid, cone, spire, etc. See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. narrow, lessen, thin out, thin down, reduce, whittle …
105wear — [[t]wɛər[/t]] v. wore, worn, wear•ing, n. 1) to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, support, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a wig[/ex] 2) to bear or have in one s aspect or appearance: to wear a smile[/ex] …
106ἀπομειοῦν — ἀπομειόω diminish pres part act masc voc sg ἀπομειόω diminish pres part act neut nom/voc/acc sg ἀπομειόω diminish pres inf act (epic doric) …
107ἐλαττονώσῃ — ἐλαττονόω diminish aor subj mid 2nd sg ἐλαττονόω diminish aor subj act 3rd sg ἐλαττονόω diminish fut ind mid 2nd sg …
108ex|ten|u|ate — «ehk STEHN yu ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to make the seriousness of (guilt, a fault, or an offense) seem less; excuse in part: »The hunger of his children extenuated his crime of stealing a loaf of bread. His foreign upbringing… …
109JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
110Abate — A*bate ([.a]*b[=a]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F. abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.] 1. To beat down; to… …
