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"text": "a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon\nCharity […] shall lessen his punishment."
},
{
"text": "December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul\nSt. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it."
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"(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasecʿnel",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "պակասեցնել"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "смекчавам"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "減少"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "减少"
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"sense": "to make less",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "afzwakken"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "korten"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "vergoelijken"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "verkleinen"
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"word": "verzachten"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "amoindrir"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "atténuer"
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"sense": "to make less",
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"sense": "to make less",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "ἐλασσόω"
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"roman": "meióō",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "μειόω"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "csökkent"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "kisebbít"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminutar"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "beagaigh"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "laghdaigh"
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "minuō"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminuō"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakaharahara"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "māwhe"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakamimiti"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakaiti"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "māhaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "formilde"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "atenuar"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminuir"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "reduzir"
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{
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "hiwiy"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "смягча́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "74 26",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
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"roman": "uménʹšitʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
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"word": "уме́ньшить"
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"sense": "to make less",
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"_dis1": "74 26",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "menoscabar"
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "disminuir"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "reducir"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "aminorar"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "menguar"
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{
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "mermar"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "minska"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšuvaty",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
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"word": "зме́ншувати"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
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"roman": "zménšyty",
"sense": "to make less",
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "to make less",
"word": "lleihau"
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"To become less."
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"(intransitive) To become less."
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"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasel",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "պակասել"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "намалявам"
},
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"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "smaljavam se",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "смалявам се"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "zmenšit se"
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"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "slinken"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "afnemen"
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "verminderen"
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "csökken"
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{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "kisebbedik"
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{
"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "diminutar"
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"_dis1": "17 83",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "laghdaigh"
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "diminuir"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "reduzir-se"
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"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "disminuir"
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "menguar"
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"sense": "to become less",
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"sense": "to become less",
"word": "minska"
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"roman": "zménšuvatysja",
"sense": "to become less",
"tags": [
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"word": "зме́ншуватися"
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"word": "зме́ншитися"
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"ref": "1895, Book-keeper (Detroit, Mich. : 1888). - Volume 8, Issue 6, page 10",
"text": "Ober closed his encomium with the serious statement that “Lessen he could marry Miss Jennie he would be a bachelor the balance of his life,\" to which the drayman replied that \" If Oi were Miss Janie Oi'd black yer oi the minute ye thought of such a thing. The oidee.\"",
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"ref": "2011, Caroline Miller, Lamb in His Bosom, page 107",
"text": "She was fine-looking; he couldn't find a fault with her 'lessen he made it up.",
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"ref": "2011, J. California Cooper, Family",
"text": "No more work outta them lessen they paid now.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2013, Lornabelle Gethers, Honey Bea's Everlasting Gift, page 88",
"text": "That usually all they need fuh go that straight and narrow path, lessen they got that real badness or foolishness in them.",
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"text": "a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon\nCharity […] shall lessen his punishment."
},
{
"text": "December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul\nSt. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it."
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"ref": "2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian",
"text": "Many hospitals have not taken simple steps to lessen the distress and confusion which dementia sufferers' often feel on being somewhere so unfamiliar – such as making signs large and easy to read, using colour schemes to help patients find their way around unfamiliar wards and not putting family mementoes such as photographs nearby.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To make less; to diminish; to reduce."
],
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"diminish",
"diminish"
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"reduce",
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"(transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce."
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"To become less."
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"(intransitive) To become less."
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛsən/"
},
{
"homophone": "lesson"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsən"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-lessen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-lessen.ogg/En-us-lessen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-lessen.ogg",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
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}
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasecʿnel",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "պակասեցնել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "намалявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smaljavam",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "смалявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smekčavam",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "смекчавам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "zmenšit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "afzwakken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "korten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "vergoelijken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "verkleinen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "verzachten"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "amoindrir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "atténuer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "réduire"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "elassóō",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "ἐλασσόω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "meióō",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "μειόω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "csökkent"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "kisebbít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "beagaigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "minuō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminuō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakaharahara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "māwhe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakamimiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "whakaiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "māhaki"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "formilde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "atenuar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "reduzir"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "hiwiy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "смягча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umerjátʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "умеря́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uméritʹ",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́рить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "menoscabar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "aminorar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "menguar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "mermar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšuvaty",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšyty",
"sense": "to make less",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншити"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to make less",
"word": "lleihau"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasel",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "պակասել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "намалявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smaljavam se",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "смалявам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "zmenšit se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "slinken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "afnemen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "verminderen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "csökken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "kisebbedik"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "diminutar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "laghdaigh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "diminuir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "reduzir-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "to become less",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "to become less",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "aminorar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "menguar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "mermar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become less",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšuvatysja",
"sense": "to become less",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zménšytysja",
"sense": "to become less",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зме́ншитися"
}
],
"word": "lessen"
}
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"English conjunctions",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English ergative verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛsən",
"Rhymes:English/ɛsən/2 syllables"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "lessenen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lessenen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "lasnen"
},
"expansion": "lasnen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "less",
"3": "-en",
"id2": "inchoative",
"pos2": "verbal suffix"
},
"expansion": "less + -en (verbal suffix)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix).",
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "conjunction"
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"expansion": "lessen",
"name": "head"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "conj",
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"categories": [
"English dialectal terms",
"English nonstandard terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1895, Book-keeper (Detroit, Mich. : 1888). - Volume 8, Issue 6, page 10",
"text": "Ober closed his encomium with the serious statement that “Lessen he could marry Miss Jennie he would be a bachelor the balance of his life,\" to which the drayman replied that \" If Oi were Miss Janie Oi'd black yer oi the minute ye thought of such a thing. The oidee.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Caroline Miller, Lamb in His Bosom, page 107",
"text": "She was fine-looking; he couldn't find a fault with her 'lessen he made it up.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, J. California Cooper, Family",
"text": "No more work outta them lessen they paid now.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Lornabelle Gethers, Honey Bea's Everlasting Gift, page 88",
"text": "That usually all they need fuh go that straight and narrow path, lessen they got that real badness or foolishness in them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"unless."
],
"links": [
[
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"unless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nonstandard, dialect) unless."
],
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"nonstandard"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛsən/"
},
{
"homophone": "lesson"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsən"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-lessen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-lessen.ogg/En-us-lessen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-lessen.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "lěʹsən"
}
],
"word": "lessen"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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