† dwarfifyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dwarf n., -ify suffix.

Etymology: < dwarf n. + -ify suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdwarfify.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To render (a thing) small, weak, or inferior in extent, nature, character, etc.; to restrict or reverse the development of. Cf. dwarf v. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)]

thinc900

narroweOE

smalleOE

slakea1300

adminisha1325

minisha1382

reduce?c1400

diminish1417

littlea1500

extenuate1555

enstraiten1590

scantle1596

scant1599

bedwarfa1631

epitomize1630

dwarf1638

retrench1640

stunt1659

to take in1700

belittle1785

dwarfify1816

reduct1819

micrify1836

clip1858

downsize1977

1816 [implied in: J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 187 It does not require..a Bacon or a Hobbes to perceive the ignorance, nonsense, folly, and dwarfifying tendency of the kind of learning which has been so much boasted of by brainless pedants. (at dwarfifying at Derivatives)].

a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) I. v. ii. 170 With every person whose understanding is not quite dwarfified by superstition, there is an end of the belief in what has been called the prophecy of Isaiah, as a necessary article of faith.

Derivatives

dwarfifying adj.

ΚΠ

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 187 It does not require..a Bacon or a Hobbes to perceive the ignorance, nonsense, folly, and dwarfifying tendency of the kind of learning which has been so much boasted of by brainless pedants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	dwarfify
释义	† dwarfifyv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dwarf n., -ify suffix. Etymology: < dwarf n. + -ify suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdwarfify. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To render (a thing) small, weak, or inferior in extent, nature, character, etc.; to restrict or reverse the development of. Cf. dwarf v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1816 [implied in: J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 187 It does not require..a Bacon or a Hobbes to perceive the ignorance, nonsense, folly, and dwarfifying tendency of the kind of learning which has been so much boasted of by brainless pedants. (at dwarfifying at Derivatives)]. a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) I. v. ii. 170 With every person whose understanding is not quite dwarfified by superstition, there is an end of the belief in what has been called the prophecy of Isaiah, as a necessary article of faith. Derivatives dwarfifying adj. ΚΠ 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 187 It does not require..a Bacon or a Hobbes to perceive the ignorance, nonsense, folly, and dwarfifying tendency of the kind of learning which has been so much boasted of by brainless pedants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < v.1816
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