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41diminish — I verb abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, alleviate, assuage, bate, become smaller, belittle, bound, cause to be smaller, cause to taper, cheapen, compress, consume, contract, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, damp down, dampen, decelerate,… …
42Shortness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Shortness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 shortness shortness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 brevity brevity Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c. 193 Sgm: N 1 a span a span GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …
43Taking — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taking >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 taking taking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 reception reception &c.(taking in) 296 Sgm: N 1 deglutition deglutition &c.(taking food) 298 Sgm: N 1 appropriation appropriation prehension …
44Economy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Economy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 economy economy frugality Sgm: N 1 thrift thrift thriftiness Sgm: N 1 care care husbandry good housewifery savingness retrenchment GRP: N 2 …
45retrenchment — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. retrenchement a cutting off or out, from retrencher (see RETRENCH (Cf. retrench)). Military sense is recorded from 1580s; see TRENCH (Cf. trench) …
46pare — v 1. peel, skin, decorticate, excoriate, bark, cut or strip the skin from; shell, husk, shuck. 2. prune, crop, top, cut back, reduce, cut down to size; trim, clip, shear, shave, mow, cut short, dock; cut off or away, lop, remove, retrench. 3. cut …
47Bate — Bate, v. i. 1. To remit or retrench a part; with of. [1913 Webster] Abate thy speed, and I will bate of mine. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To waste away. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
48Consumption — Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the… …
49Consumption of the bowels — Consumption Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to… …
50Correct — Cor*rect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. [1913 Webster] This is a defect in the first… …
