lessen
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
lessen (lessens, present participle lessening; past and past participle lessened)
- (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
- Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
- St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
- (intransitive) To become less.
- French: diminuer, amoindrir, réduire
- Portuguese: diminuir, reduzir
- Russian: уменьша́ть
- Spanish: menoscabar, disminuir, reducir, aminorar, menguar, mermar
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