lessen
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lessen
- /ˈlɛsən/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈlesən/ Australia, New Zealand
- /lɛsˈsɛn/ South Asia
Sounds like lesson · Rhymes with -ɛsən
Where it comes from
From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less + -en (verbal suffix).
verb lessens · lessening · lessened
- To make less; to diminish; to reduce. a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
- To become less.
Similar: remit
conjunction
- unless. Ober closed his encomium with the serious statement that “Lessen he could marry Miss Jennie he would be a bachelor the balance of his life," to which the drayman replied that " If Oi were Miss Janie Oi'd black yer oi the minute ye thought of such a thing. The oidee."
