lessen
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Lessen food waste by using frozen vegetables and proteins.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023
“Whut you need two mules fuh? Lessen you aims to swap off dis one.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Lessen its purchasing value and you lessen the desire to purchase.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
Lessen, les′n, v.t. to make less, in any sense: to weaken: to degrade.—v.i. to become less, shrink.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Lessen the amount of water each time until no outside help is needed.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
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