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v. t.
To make less; to lessen.
imp. & p. p.
of Lesson
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lesson
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
imp. & p. p.
of Lessen
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lessen
adv.
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
n.
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
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Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
n.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor).
a.
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
n.
That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
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n.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
v. i.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
n.
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
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Less; smaller; inferior.
n.
A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
n.
One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.
n.
One who, or that which, lessens.
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