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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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assume
English
Etymology
From Latin ass?m? (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + s?m? (“take up, assume”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, North America) IPA(key): /??sju?m/
- (UK)
- (US)
- (US, Canada) (yod dropping) IPA(key): /??su?m/
- (yod coalescence) IPA(key): /???u?m/
- (Nigeria) IPA(key): /??zu?m/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Verb
assume (third-person singular simple present assumes, present participle assuming, simple past and past participle assumed)
- To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:assume.
- To take on a position, duty or form
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:assume.
- To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
- a. 1809,Beilby Porteus, sermon
- ambition assuming the mask of religion.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:assume.
- a. 1809,Beilby Porteus, sermon
- To receive, adopt (a person)
- To adopt (an idea or cause)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:suppose
Related terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “assume”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Seamus, amuses
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sym/
Verb
assume
- first-person singular present indicative of assumer
- third-person singular present indicative of assumer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of assumer
- second-person singular imperative of assumer
Anagrams
- amuses, amusés, massue, muasse, suâmes, usâmes
Italian
Verb
assume
- third-person singular present indicative of assumere
Latin
Verb
ass?me
- second-person singular present active imperative of ass?m?
Portuguese
Verb
assume
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of assumir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of assumir
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