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diminew

diminew is the obsolete form of diminue.

Meaning of diminue

Verb

diminue (third-person singular simple present diminues, present participle diminuing, simple past and past participle diminued)

  1. (archaic) To diminish, lessen.
    • tremulant, elusive hushes, dizzy swirls, diminuing, suspiring2008, Sandy Cunningham, Tidings

Forms of diminew

present participlediminewing
past participlediminewed
pastdiminewed

Questions about diminew

What is diminew the obsolete form of?
Diminew is the obsolete form of diminue.

Words near diminew in the dictionary

  1. dimidium dimidiumque
  2. Dimili
  3. dimin.
  4. diminazen
  5. diminazene
  6. diminew
  7. diming
  8. diming out
  9. diminish
  10. diminishable
  11. diminished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diminew (page history and authors); diminue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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