"adminish" meaning in English

See adminish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: adminishes [present, singular, third-person], adminishing [participle, present], adminished [participle, past], adminished [past]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English amenusen, from Old French amenuisier; compare French amenuiser (“to make thinner”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|amenusen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English amenusen, {{inh+|en|enm|amenusen}} Inherited from Middle English amenusen, {{der|en|fro|amenuisier}} Old French amenuisier, {{m+|fr|amenuiser||to make thinner}} French amenuiser (“to make thinner”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} adminish (third-person singular simple present adminishes, present participle adminishing, simple past and past participle adminished)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To reduce in size or magnitude; to diminish. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-adminish-en-verb-FwmCJoAF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: adminishes [present, singular, third-person], adminishing [participle, present], adminished [participle, past], adminished [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} adminish (third-person singular simple present adminishes, present participle adminishing, simple past and past participle adminished)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To administer or govern. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-adminish-en-verb-L59DgxiH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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