lessen
/ˈlɛsən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
conj
Example Sentences
- "a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon Charity […] shall lessen his punishment."
- "December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it."
- "The thin glass that makes mirror tiles light in weight also tends to lessen their reflective quality."
- "Many hospitals have not taken simple steps to lessen the distress and confusion which dementia sufferers' often feel on being somewhere so unfamiliar – such as making signs large and easy to read, using colour schemes to help patients find their way around unfamiliar wards and not putting family mementoes such as photographs nearby."
- "Ober closed his encomium with the serious statement that “Lessen he could marry Miss Jennie he would be a bachelor the balance of his life," to which the drayman replied that " If Oi were Miss Janie Oi'd black yer oi the minute ye thought of such a thing. The oidee.""
- "She was fine-looking; he couldn't find a fault with her 'lessen he made it up."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lessenen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛsən/
- British English: /ˈlɛsən/