| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or (off), taper (off). See INCREASE. 2. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity: deduct, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off). Informal : knock off. See INCREASE. 3. To become or cause to become less active or intense: bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See INCREASE.
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