exiguate
verb/ɪɡˈzɪɡju.eɪt/ · /ɛɡˈzɪɡju.eɪt/
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Obsolete to shrink and reduce in quality or value; to become exiguous
- "Though defrauded of an earldom, he need not exiguate into a dwarf."1860, Catherine Gore, The Lord and the Lout - Page 50:
- "My allotted portion of good things, my body, and my house—" "Each is exiguate, exiguate, exiguate."2015, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, translated by Humphrey T. Davies, Leg Over Leg: Volumes Three and Four - Page 408: