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  • 61abate — /ə bāt/ vb abat·ed, abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a , prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a: to put an end to or do away with abate a nuisance b: make void: null …

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  • 62abridge — /ə brij/ vt abridged, abridg·ing: to diminish or reduce in scope no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States U.S. Constitution amend. XIV abridg·ment or… …

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  • 63abate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. decrease, lessen, moderate, diminish, subside; allay, slake, slacken, subdue; curtail, remit; let down (on), take off the edge (of). Ant., increase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less] Syn. reduce,… …

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  • 64dwindle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. diminish, shrink, lessen, run low, waste away. See decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. decrease, wane, lessen, diminish; see decrease 1 . See Synonym Study at decrease . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 65reduce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. diminish, lessen, curtail, lower; allay, alleviate; set (a fracture); demote, abase, subjugate, subdue; diet, slenderize. See decrease, contraction, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less]… …

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  • 66decrease — vb Decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle denote to make or grow less, but they are not freely interchangeable. Decrease and lessen are often employed in place of any of the others. Decrease normally retains, even in the transitive,… …

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  • 67ἀποσμικρυνόμενον — ἀποσμικρῡνόμενον , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish pres part mp masc acc sg ἀποσμικρῡνόμενον , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish pres part mp neut nom/voc/acc sg ἀποσμικρῡνόμενον , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish pres part mp masc acc sg ἀποσμικρῡνόμενον , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish …

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  • 68ἀποσμικρύνεται — ἀποσμικρύ̱νεται , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish aor subj mid 3rd sg (epic) ἀποσμικρύ̱νεται , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish pres ind mp 3rd sg ἀποσμικρύ̱νεται , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish aor subj mid 3rd sg (epic) ἀποσμικρύ̱νεται , ἀποσμικρύνω diminish pres ind mp 3rd… …

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  • 69Decrease — De*crease , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decreased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decreasing}.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d[ e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see {Decrease}, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See {Crescent},… …

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  • 70Decreased — Decrease De*crease , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decreased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decreasing}.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d[ e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see {Decrease}, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See… …

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