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intermit
English
Etymology
From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?nt??m?t/
- (UK)
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nt??m?t/
Verb
intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)
- (transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
- Idleness […] of body is nothing but a kind of of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “[…] makes them unapt to do anything whatever.”
Derived terms
- intermittence
- intermittency
- intermittent
Related terms
- intermission
- mission
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lessen
English
Etymology
From Middle English lessenen, lasnen, equivalent to less +? -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l??s?n, IPA(key): /?l?s?n/
- Rhymes: -?s?n
- Homophone: lesson
Verb
lessen (third-person singular simple present lessens, present participle lessening, simple past and past participle lessened)
- (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
- a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon
- Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
- December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul
- St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
- a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon
- (intransitive) To become less.
Translations
Conjunction
lessen
- (nonstandard, dialect) unless.
Anagrams
- Elsens, elsens, lenses, sensel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?s?(n)/
- Rhymes: -?s?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lesschen, from a merger of two Old Dutch [Term?] verbs:
- *leskan, from Proto-Germanic *leskan?; class 5 strong, intransitive.
- lesken, from Proto-Germanic *laskijan?; class 1 weak, causative of the first verb.
Verb
lessen
- (transitive) to quench (thirst)
Inflection
Derived terms
- blussen
Etymology 2
From les +? -en.
Verb
lessen
- (intransitive) to take a lesson (usually a driving lesson)
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
lessen
- Plural form of les
Hungarian
Etymology
les +? -jen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l????n]
- Hyphenation: les?sen
Verb
lessen
- third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of les
Swedish
Adjective
lessen
- Alternative spelling of ledsen
Anagrams
- selens
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- what lessen means
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- what lessens human dignity
- what lessens swelling
- what lessens milk supply
- what lessens hot flashes
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