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enlessened

enlessened is the simple past and past participle of enlessen.

Meaning of enlessen

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

Questions about enlessened

What is enlessened the simple past and past participle of?
Enlessened is the simple past and past participle of enlessen.

Words near enlessened in the dictionary

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

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