Definition of "diminish" []

• To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so. (verb-transitive)
• To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to taper. (verb-transitive)
• Music To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone. (verb-transitive)
• To become smaller or less. See Synonyms at decrease. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The Dative of Reference denotes the person _to whom a statement refers, of whom it is true_, or _to whom it is of interest; _ as, -- mihi ante oculōs versāris, _you hover before my eyes_ (lit. _hover before the eyes to me_); illī sevēritās amōrem nōn dēminuit, _in his case severity did not diminish love_ (lit. _to him severity did not diminish_); interclūdere inimīcīs commeātum, _to cut of the supplies of the enemy."
• ""Uncharted 2" or "BioShock 2," I'm not going to let that number in the title diminish my enjoyment."
• "It is a known fact that the quantities of chemicals secreted by the brain diminish astronomically from the early 20's to late 70's."