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enlessen

UK/ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/

enlessen verb: to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen.

Verb

enlessen (third-person singular simple present enlessens, present participle enlessening, simple past and past participle enlessened)

  1. (archaic) to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen.
    • PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and...c 1527–1533 (published in 1870): Nicholas Pocock, Records of the Reformation: The Divorce 1527–1533, p330

enlessen meaning in Bengali

enlessen in Bengali

তুচ্ছ করা, নিন্দা করা, দুর্বল করা, হ্রাস করা

Forms of enlessen

third-person singular presentenlessens
present participleenlessening
past participleenlessened
pastenlessened

Origin of enlessen

En- (an intensifying prefix) + lessen (to reduce, to diminish).

Questions about enlessen

What does enlessen mean?
Enlessen means to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen.
What is enlessen in Bengali?
Enlessen in Bengali is তুচ্ছ করা, নিন্দা করা, দুর্বল করা. See Enlessen meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is enlessen?
Enlessen is a verb.
How do you pronounce enlessen?
Enlessen is pronounced /ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/ (UK).
What is the past tense of enlessen?
The past tense of enlessen is enlessened.

Words near enlessen in the dictionary

  1. enleagues
  2. enlengthen
  3. enlengthened
  4. enlengthening
  5. enlengthens
  6. enlessen
  7. enlessened
  8. enlessening
  9. enlessens
  10. enlevement
  11. enlevements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enlessen (page history and authors); enlessen (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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