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Webster 1913 Edition

minimize

min′i-mize

(mĭn′ĭ-mīz)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

minimized

(mĭn′ĭ-mīzd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

minimizing

(mĭn′ĭ-mī-zĭng)

.]

1.

To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.

Bentham.