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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
lessened
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, vitiated, weakened]
2: decreased in severity; made less harsh
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
a.
Having been lessened.
vb.
(infl of en lessen ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
a.
Having been lessened.
vb.
(infl of en lessen ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
a.
Having been lessened.
vb.
(infl of en lessen ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
a.
Having been lessened.
vb.
(infl of en lessen ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm l essen ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessened
Engelska a.
(avledning en lessen ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb lessen)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Lessened /lˈɛsənd/ مستصغرFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lessened /lˈɛsənd/ verkleinert, vermindert, verringert see: lessen, lesseningFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lessened /lˈɛsənd/
sich vermindert
Synonyms: dwindled, eased off
see: dwindle, lessen, ease off, dwindling, lessening, easing off
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈɫɛsənd/