ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Diminished.

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1676.  Dryden, Aureng-z., I. 12. You hold the Glass, but turn the Perspective; And farther off the lessen’d Object drive.

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1811.  W. R. Spencer, Poems, Ded. My eyes Upon its lessen’d garland casting.

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1817.  Dawson, in Parl. Deb., 6. The prospect of a lessened expenditure.

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1880.  Bridges, London Snow, Shorter P., III. ii. With lessened load a few carts creak and blunder.

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