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.
Di*min"ish, v. i. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
Di*min"ish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being diminished or lessened.
Di*min"ish*er (?), n. One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637).
Di*min"ish*ing*ly, adv. In a manner to diminish.
Di*min"ish*ment (?), n. Diminution. [R.] Cheke.
Di*min`u*en"do (?), adv. [It., p. pr. of diminuere to diminish.] (Mus.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.
Di*min"u*ent (?), a. [L. diminuens, p. pr. of diminuere. See Diminish.] Lessening. Bp. Sanderson.
Dim`i*nu"tal (?), a. Indicating or causing diminution. Earle.
Dim"i*nute (?), a. Small; diminished; diminutive. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.