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. — Diminished, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Gwilt. — Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. — Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn. — To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See Decrease.
DIMINISH
Di*min"ish, v. i.
Defn: To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
DIMINISHABLE
Di*min"ish*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being diminished or lessened.
DIMINISHER
Di*min"ish*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637).
DIMINISHINGLY
Di*min"ish*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner to diminish.