diminish
suomi-englanti sanakirjadiminish englannista suomeksi
vähätellä
pienentyä
diminish englanniksi
To make smaller.
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To lessen the authority or dignity of; to down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (''in gaming'').
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1639, (w) (translator), ''(w)'' by (w), London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07711.0001.001
- (..) this doth nothing diminish their opinion.
1674, (w), ''(w)'', Book 4, lines 32-35,https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_IV
- O thou, that, with surpassing glory crowned,
- Lookest from thy sole dominion like the God
- Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars
- Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call,
1961, (w), ''(w)'', London: André Deutsch, Chapter 3,
- In Seth’s presence Mr Biswas felt diminished. Everything about Seth was overpowering: his calm manner, his smooth grey hair, his ivory holder, his hard swollen forearms (..)
To taper.
1853, (w), ''(w)'', London: J.M. Dent, 1904, Chapter 8, p. 120,http://www.gutenberg.org/files/394/394-h/394-h.htm
- The chair and table legs diminished as they neared the ground, and were straight and square in all their corners.
To disappear gradually.
1948, (w), ''(w)'', Penguin, 1971, Part Two, Chapter 2, 1, p. 77,https://archive.org/details/heartofmatter00gree_1
- ‘Good evening, good evening,’ Father Rank called. His stride lengthened and he caught a foot in his soutane and stumbled as he went by. ‘A storm’s coming up,’ he said. ‘Got to hurry,’ and his ‘ho, ho, ho’ diminished mournfully along the railway track, bringing no comfort to anyone.