minish

minish
/min"ish/, v.t., v.i. Archaic.
to diminish or lessen.
[1300-50; late ME, var. (assimilated to -ISH2) of menuse < MF menu(i)sier < VL *minutiare to lessen. See MINUTE2, MINCE]

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