v. Obs. Forms: 5 amynusshe, amenyshe, 6 amynysshe. [Refashioned from earlier AMENUSE; cf. diminish.] To make less, lessen, diminish.
1477. Earl Rivers (Caxton), Dictes, 33. It is better to amynusshe that hurteth than to encresse that helpeth.
1493. in Test. Ebor., IV. 26. Not to amenyshe my wife’s parte.
1530. Palsgr., 426/2. I amynysshe, I lessyn or make lesse, Je amenuise. I dare nat amynysshe it for feare I marre all togyther.
