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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIN'ISH, v.t. [L. minuo, to lessen.]
To lessen; to diminish. [See Diminish.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Minish Min"ish, v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small, cut small, fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L. minutus small. See Minute, a., and cf. Diminish, Minge.] To diminish; to lessen. The living of poor men thereby minished. --Latimer.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

min'-ash (the King James Version and the English Revised Version Ex 15:19; Ps 107:39; the English Revised Version Isa 19:6; Ho 8:10): The verb "mannish," "make small," is now obsolete, being replaced by its derivative "diminish" (compare the American Standard Revised Version in all verses above).