decreasing

Variant of decrease

intransitive verb, transitive verb decreased, decreasing

to become or cause to become less, smaller, etc.; diminish

Origin: ME decresen < OFr decreistre < L decrescere < de-, from, away + crescere, grow: see crescent

noun

  1. a decreasing; lessening; diminution
  2. amount of decreasing

Origin: ME decres

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