a. Obs. rare–1. [f. ? med.L. adminūt- ppl. stem of adminu-ĕre (f. ad to + minuĕre to lessen; cf. ME. AMENUSE, OFr. amenuser) + -IVE.] Characterized by diminution, tending to grow less.
1656. Trapp, Expos. Rev. xiii. 3 (1868), 763/1. Cotton the Jesuit confesses … that now the Christian Church is but adminutive.
