amenusen

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French amenuisier. See minute.

Verb

amenusen (third-person singular simple present amenuseth, present participle amenusende, amenusynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle amenused)

1. to lessen
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Beginning, 21.

     For sothe, the dede of this venial synne is ful perilous; for it amenuseth the love that men sholde han to God moore and moore.

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   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Beginning, 21.

     [...] And therfore, it a man charge hymself with manye swiche venial synnes, certes, but if so be that he somtyme descharge hym of hem by shrifte, they mowe ful lightly amenuse in hym al the love that he hath to Jhesu Crist; [...]

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Descendants

• English: adminish

References

• “amenuse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.