minceth

Verb

mince (third-person singular simple present minces, present participle mincing, simple past and past participle minced)

1. (transitive) To make less; to make small.
2. (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

   Synonyms:

   abase, abate, belittle, besmall, bring down, embase, cut, decrease, decrement, diminish

3. (rare, transitive) To effect mincingly.
4. (transitive) To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.
   • Butchers often use machines to mince meat.
5. (archaic, figuratively, transitive) To suppress or weaken the force of.
   • Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

   Synonyms:

   extenuate, palliate, weaken

6. To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).
   • to mince one's words

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