Minish

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Minish \Min"ish\, v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small,
     cut small, fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L.
     minutus small. See {Minute}, a., and cf. {Diminish},
     {Minge}.]
     To diminish; to lessen.
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           The living of poor men thereby minished. --Latimer.
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