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Definition: MINIFYING

Part of Speech Definition
Present participle 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb minify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(minify)
1. Make smaller.[Wordnet].
2. Make smaller; "He decreased his staff".[Wordnet].
3. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.[Websters].
4. To degrade by speech or action.[Websters].
5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: minifying, minified, minifies, minifier, minifiers, minifyingly and minifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Minifying" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: MINIFYING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Present participle1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb minify.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(minify)
1. Make smaller.[Wordnet].
2. Make smaller; "He decreased his staff".[Wordnet].
3. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.[Websters].
4. To degrade by speech or action.[Websters].
5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: minifying, minified, minifies, minifier, minifiers, minifyingly and minifiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "MINIFYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: minify

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