lessen

动词 v. 连词 conj.
中文释义
发音 lěʹsən

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce. transitive
    — a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
  2. To become less. intransitive
连词 conj.
  1. unless. dialectal,nonstandard
    — 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."

词形变化

lessens present,singular,third-person lessening participle,present lessened participle,past lessened past

词汇关系

近义词
remit
衍生词
lessenable lessener unlessening

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix).
词源 2
From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix).
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