Dictionary: DIM'I-NUTE – DI'NAR

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DIM'I-NUTE, a.

Small. [Not in use.] – Gorges.

DIM-I-NU'TION, n. [L. diminutio.]

  1. The act of lessening; a making smaller; opposed to augmentation; as, the diminution of size, of wealth, of power, of safety.
  2. The state of becoming or appearing less; opposed to increase; as, the diminution of the apparent diameter of a receding body.
  3. Discredit; loss of dignity; degradation. – Philips.
  4. Deprivation of dignity; a lessening of estimation. – Addison.
  5. In architecture, the contraction of the upper part of a column, by which its diameter is made less than that of the lower part.
  6. In music, the imitation of or reply to a subject in notes of half the length or value of those of the subject itself. – Busby.

DI-MIN'U-TIVE, a. [Fr. diminutif; It. diminuitivo; Sp. diminutivo.]

Small; little; narrow; contracted; as, a diminutive race of men or other animals; a diminutive thought.

DI-MIN'U-TIVE, n.

In grammar, a word formed from another word, usually an appellative or generic term, to express a little thing of the kind; as, in Latin, lapillus, a little stone, from lapis; cellula, a little cell, from cella, a cell; in French, maisonnette, a little house, from maison, a house; in English, manikin, a little man, from man.

DI-MIN'U-TIV-ELY, adv.

In a diminutive manner; in a manner to lessen; as, to speak diminutively of another.

DI-MIN'U-TIVE-NESS, n.

Smallness; littleness; want of bulk; want of dignity.

DIM'ISH, a. [from dim.]

Somewhat dim, or obscure.

DI-MIS'SION, n.

Leave to depart.

DIM'IS-SO-RY, a. [L. dimissorius. See Dismiss.]

  1. Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction. A letter dimissory, is one given by a bishop to a candidate for holy orders, having a title in his diocese, directed to some other bishop, and giving leave for the bearer to be ordained by him. – Encyc.
  2. Granting leave to depart. – Prideaux.

DI-MIT', v.t. [L. dimitto.]

To permit to go; to grant to farm; to let. [Not in use.]

DIM'I-TY, n. [D. diemit.]

A kind of white cotton cloth, ribbed or figured.

DIM'LY, adv. [See Dim.]

  1. In a dim or obscure manner; with imperfect sight.
  2. Not brightly, or clearly; with a faint light.

DIM'MED, pp.

Clouded; obscured; rendered dull.

DIM'MING, n.

Obscurity. – Shak.

DIM'MING, ppr.

Clouding; obscuring the sight or conception.

DIM'NESS, n.

  1. Dullness of sight; as, the dimness of the eyes.
  2. Obscurity of vision; imperfect sight; as, the dimness of a view.
  3. Faintness; imperfection; as, the dimness of a color.
  4. Want of brightness; as, the dimness of gold or silver.
  5. Want of clear apprehension; stupidity; as, the dimness of perception.

DIM'PLE, n. [Qn. G. taumeln, to reel, to indent.]

A small natural cavity or depression in the cheek or other part of the face. – Prior.

DIM'PLE, v.i.

To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. – Dryden.

DIM'PLED, a.

Set with dimples; as, a dimpled cheek.

DIMP'LY, a.

Full of dimples, or small depressions; as, the dimply flood. – Warton.

DIM'-SIGHT-ED, a.

Having dim or obscure vision. – Addison.

DIM'-TWINK-LING, a.

Twinkling dimly. – More.

DIN, n. [Sax. dyn, noise; dyna, to sound; Ice. dyna, to thunder; L. tinnio, tonus, tono. This word probably belongs to the root of tone and thunder, and denotes a rumbling or rattling noise. Sax. eorth-dyne, an earthquake.]

Noise; a loud sound; particularly, a rattling, clattering or rumbling sound, long continued; as, the din of arms, the din of war.

DIN, v.t.

To strike with continued or confused sound; to stun with noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries; to din with clamor.

DI'NAR, n.

A coin.