Word Meanings - DISQUANTITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. Shak.
Related words: (words related to DISQUANTITY)
- DIMINISH
To make smaller by a half step; to make less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2. Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. - DIMINISHER
One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke . - LESSENER
One who, or that which, lessens. His wife . . . is the lessener of his pain, and the augmenter of his pleasure. J. Rogers . - QUANTITY
1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much"; measure in - DIMINISHABLE
Capable of being diminished or lessened. - DIMINISHMENT
Diminution. Cheke. - LESSEN
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 - DIMINISHINGLY
In a manner to diminish. - REDIMINISH
To diminish again. - DISQUANTITY
To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. Shak. - INDIMINISHABLE
Incapable of being diminished. Milton.