亚洲网紅露点

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lessen

[ les-uhn ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to become less.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make less; reduce.
  2. Archaic. to represent as less; depreciate; disparage.

lessen

/ 藞濒蓻蝉蓹苍 /

verb

  1. to make or become less
  2. tr to make little of
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lessen1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; late Middle English lessenen, lasnen; equivalent to less + -en 1
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鈥淭hese changes will lessen the quality of immigration case decisions and the speed at which immigration cases are adjudicated,鈥 the letter stated.

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Staff at the emergency department there started adapting the disposable male urinal bottle for women to use, lessening the need for catheters and making life more dignified and pain-free in hospital.

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The bill鈥檚 author, State Sen. John Laird, said the legislation is intended to 鈥渞estore some equilibrium,鈥 lessening the financial blow to public agencies while still upholding a victim鈥檚 right to sue.

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"Clearly the severity of the immediate crisis has been lessened," Mr Friedman says, referring to last week's exemption for smartphones.

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Sarah Sherman's impersonation of Aimee Lou Wood on a recent episode of "Saturday Night Live" was gone in a flash, but that didn't lessen the sting for the star of "The White Lotus."

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