enlessen

发音

UK /ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/

词形变化

enlessened enlessening enlessens 三单 enlessens enlessening 现在分词 enlessened 过去式 enlessened 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen.

    古体

    PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and weighty a matter, the which did not only enlessen and elevate the pope’s authority, but also was noyful and odious to all realms Cristenyd.

词源

En- (an intensifying prefix) + lessen (to reduce, to diminish).

来源：wiktionary