| 释义 |
† amenuse, v. Obs.
Also 5 amenusy, -uyse, admenuse.
[a. AFr. amenuse-r, OFr. amenuisier, f. à to + menuisier to lessen, cogn. w. Pr. menuzar, It. minuzzare:—late L. *minūtiāre, f. minūt-us lessened, minute. Spelt in 15th c. with ad- after L., and ultimately refashioned as amynysh, aminish.]
1. trans. To make less, lessen, diminish.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. 19 He amenusiþ þe secre of hys conscience. c1386― Pars. T. 285 The dede..amenuseth the loue that men sholde han to god. 1417in E.E. Wills (1882) 24 Volle power to chaunge þis testament, oþer to mak hit more, oþer to amenusy hit. 1554Philpot Exam. & Writ. (1842) 424 Which amenusing that majesty of Christ did diminish therewithal the..mercy of our salvation.
2. intr. (through refl.)
c1391Chaucer Astrol. i. §21 Thanne amenuseth his coldnesse. 1447O. Bokenham Lyvys of Seyntys 262 And ych daye yt began to amenuse. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. xxvii. 120 The haylle..cometh doun brekyng and amenuysyng in the fallyng. |