diminute
verb/dɪˈmɪnjuːt/ · /dɪˈmɪnuːt/
Etymology From Middle English diminute, from Latin dīminūtus and Old French diminut.
1
To reduce, to lessen.
diminute
adj/ˈdɪmɪnjuːt/ · /ˈdɪmɪnuːt/
Etymology From Middle English diminute, from Latin dīminūtus and Old French diminut.
1
Obsolete Small; diminutive.
- prices made diminute and lessened to such proportions and abatements as that fault should make1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC: