lessen

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
 * 2) * a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon
 * Charity shall lessen his punishment.
 * 1) * December 6, 1709,, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul
 * St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
 * 1)  To become less.
 * 1)  To become less.
 * 1)  To become less.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐλασσόω, μειόω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: beagaigh, laghdaigh
 * Latin:, diminuō
 * Maori: whakaharahara, māwhe, whakamimiti, whakaiti, māhaki
 * Norwegian: formilde
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: hiwiy
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: зме́ншувати, зме́ншити
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, смалявам се
 * Czech: zmenšit se
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: laghdaigh
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: зме́ншуватися, зме́ншитися

Conjunction

 * 1)  unless.

Etymology 1
From, from a merger of two verbs:
 * , from, from ; class 5 strong, intransitive.
 * , from, from ; class 1 weak, causative of the first verb.

Verb

 * 1)  to quench (thirst)

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)