minished 04591 ## ma` at {maw-at'} ; a primitive root ; properly , to pare off , i . e . lessen ; intransitively , to be (or causatively , to make) small or few (or figuratively , ineffective) : -- suffer to decrease , diminish , (be , X borrow a , give , make) few (in number ,-ness) , gather least (little) , be (seem) little , (X give the) less , be {minished} , bring to nothing .