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  Lessen \Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lessened
     (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lessening.] [From Less, a.]
     To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
     diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
     population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
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           Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
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           St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
           conspired to lessen it.                  --Atterbury.
  
     Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
          weaken; degrade.
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  Lessen \Less"en\, v. i.
     To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be
     diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as
     we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
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           The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than
           this: there was one witness of no good reputation.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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  Lessen \Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lessened
     (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lessening.] [From Less, a.]
     To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
     diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
     population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
  
           Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
  
           St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
           conspired to lessen it.                  --Atterbury.
  
     Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
          weaken; degrade.

  Lessen \Less"en\, v. i.
     To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be
     diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as
     we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
  
           The objection lessens much, and comes to no more than
           this: there was one witness of no good reputation.
                                                    --Atterbury.

  lessen
       v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework
            decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin
            pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a
            hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease,
             diminish, fall] [ant: increase]
       2: make smaller; "He decreased his staff" [syn: decrease, minify]
          [ant: increase]
       3: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside]

  lessen
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl transitive) to quench (thirst)
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl intransitive) to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl les)
     Hungarian vb.
     (inflection of hu les  3 s subj pres indef)

  lessen
     conj.
     (lb en nonstandard dialect) unless.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become less.

  lessen
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl transitive) to quench (thirst)
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl intransitive) to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl les)
     Hungarian vb.
     (inflection of hu les  3 s subj pres indef)

  lessen
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl transitive) to quench (thirst)
     Dutch vb.
     (lb nl intransitive) to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)
     Dutch n.
     (plural of nl les)
     Hungarian vb.
     (inflection of hu les  3 s subj pres indef)

  lessen
     Englanti vb.
     tehdä vähemmäksi, vähentää

  lessen
     Engelska vb.
     minska, göra mindre

  lessen
     a.
     (tagg: vardagligt) ''variant av'' ledsen

  lessen /lˈɛsən/
  verminder

  Lessen /lˈɛsən/
  قلّل

  lessen //ˈlɛsən// 
  1. намалявам, смалявам се
  to become less
  2. намалявам, смалявам, смекчавам
  to make less

  lessen /lˈɛsən/ 
  zmenšit

  lessen /lˈɛsən/ 
  snížit

  lessen /lˈɛsən/ 
  verkleinern, vermindern, verringern 
   see: lessening, lessened
  

  lessen /lˈɛsən/ 
  sich vermindern 
     Synonyms: dwindle, ease off
  
   see: dwindling, lessening, easing off, dwindled, lessened, eased off
  

  lessen /lˈɛsən/
  
  μειώνω, μικραίνω, ελαττώνω

  lessen /lesn/
  abaisser, abréger, amoindrir, diminuer

  lessen /lˈɛsən/ 
  1. घटना, कम होना
        "Due to a massive campaign for polio drops the incidence of the disease has considerably lessened."

  lessen /lˈɛsən/
  smanjiti, umanjiti

  lessen /'lesn/ 
  1. (su)mažinti, (su)mažėti
  2. sumenkinti, sumažinti (įtaką, nuopelnus ir pan.)

  lessen /lesn/
  inkorten, verminderen

  lessen //ˈlɛsən// 
  formilde
  to make less

  lessen /ˈlesən/ 
    zmniejszać się, zmniejszać

  lessen //ˈlɛsən// 
  minska 2.
  to become less
   3.
  to make less

  lessen /lˈɛsən/
  1. küçültmek, ufaltmak, eksiltmek, azaltmak
  2. küçülmek, azalmak.

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  утолявам
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  ξεδιψώ
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  sammuttaa
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  Lessen /lɛsən/
  Lessines

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  gasić
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  saciar
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  напи́ться
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  saciar
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  lessen //ˈlɛsə(n)// 
  släcka
  1. met vocht de dorst beëindigen

  
/ˈɫɛsən/

  161 Moby Thesaurus words for "lessen":
     abate, ablate, abrade, abridge, abstract, allay, alleviate,
     allow for, amputate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper,
     bank the fire, bate, be eaten away, benumb, blunt, chasten, clip,
     close, color, compress, constrain, consume, consume away, control,
     corrode, crop, crumble, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down,
     damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, decline,
     decrease, deduct, deflate, deliquesce, depreciate, depress,
     derogate, detract, die away, diminish, disparage, dive, downgrade,
     downplay, drain, drop, drop off, dull, dwindle, ease, ease matters,
     eat away, ebb, erode, extenuate, extract, fall, fall away,
     fall off, file away, foment, give relief, gloss over, ignore,
     impair, keep within bounds, languish, lay, leach, lenify, let up,
     lighten, lower, lull, make allowance for, melt away, mince, minify,
     mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, numb, obtund, pad, palliate,
     pare, play down, plummet, plunge, poultice, pour balm into,
     pour oil on, purify, reduce, reduce the temperature, refine,
     relieve, remove, restrain, retrench, roll back, rub away, run low,
     sag, salve, scale down, shorten, shrink, simplify, sink, slacken,
     slake, slow down, slur over, smother, sober, sober down,
     soft-pedal, soften, soothe, step down, stifle, stupe, subduct,
     subdue, subside, subtract, suppress, tail off, take away,
     take from, tame, temper, thin, thin out, tone down, truncate,
     tune down, underplay, varnish, wane, waste, waste away, weaken,
     wear, wear away, weed, whitewash, withdraw
  
  

  v. 减少,变小,减轻;

     vt. 减少,缩小,减轻
     vi. 变小