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exiguate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪɡˈzɪɡju.eɪt/
- /ɛɡˈzɪɡju.eɪt/
Meanings
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(obsolete) to shrink and reduce in quality or value; to become exiguous
"My allotted portion of good things, my body, and my house—"
"Each is exiguate, exiguate, exiguate."
2015, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, translated by Humphrey T. Davies, Leg Over Leg: Volumes Three and Four - Page 408:"Though defrauded of an earldom, he need not exiguate into a dwarf."
1860, Catherine Gore, The Lord and the Lout - Page 50:
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