"ensmallen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/ [UK], /ɛnˈsmɔlən/ [UK] Forms: ensmallens [present, singular, third-person], ensmallening [participle, present], ensmallened [participle, past], ensmallened [past]
Etymology: small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|small|en- -en}} small + en- -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} ensmallen (third-person singular simple present ensmallens, present participle ensmallening, simple past and past participle ensmallened)
  1. (humorous, transitive) To make smaller. Tags: humorous, transitive Categories (topical): Size Synonyms (make smaller): debigulate Translations (Make smaller): 缩小 (suōxiǎo) [Mandarin] (Chinese), 縮小する (shukushō suru) (alt: しゅくしょうする) (Japanese), pomniejszyć (Polish), pomniejszać (Polish), förminska (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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