ἐλασσόω

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to make less or smaller, to diminish, reduce in amount
 * 2)  to lower, degrade
 * 3) to cut down, shorten
 * 4)  to be lessened, depreciated, to suffer loss
 * 5)  to have the worst of it, to be inferior
 * 6)  to be at disadvantage with a person