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decreased
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Decreased
(gcide) | Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
[1913 Webster]
He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
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The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
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Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
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decreased
(gcide) | decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
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decreased
(wn) | decreased
adj 1: made less in size or amount or degree [syn: decreased,
reduced] [ant: increased] |
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Decreased
(gcide) | Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
[1913 Webster]
He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
[1913 Webster]
The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
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