Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ju.eɪt/
Definition:
1. Diminish gradually in size, amount, or vigor.
2. Reduce physically or materially.
3. Decrease incrementally over time.
4. Gradually abbreviate or decline.
Significance:
• It defines slow reduction or decay.
• It emphasizes steady diminishing.
• It identifies progressive decrease.
• It avoids abrupt drops or failures.
• It simplifies complex reductions.
• It improves clarity in describing deterioration.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "dwindle."
Past verb: minuated
Present simple verb: minuate, minuates
Present continuous verb: minuating
Definition:
1. Diminish gradually in size, amount, or vigor.
2. Reduce physically or materially.
3. Decrease incrementally over time.
4. Gradually abbreviate or decline.
Significance:
• It defines slow reduction or decay.
• It emphasizes steady diminishing.
• It identifies progressive decrease.
• It avoids abrupt drops or failures.
• It simplifies complex reductions.
• It improves clarity in describing deterioration.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "dwindle."
Past verb: minuated
Present simple verb: minuate, minuates
Present continuous verb: minuating
Examples:
• The lake aqua minuates during dry seasons.
• His affluence minuated over successive generations.
• Business profits minuate during economic downturns.
• Populations minuate in remote villages.
• Physical fitness minuates with (conth) age.
• The lake aqua minuates during dry seasons.
• His affluence minuated over successive generations.
• Business profits minuate during economic downturns.
• Populations minuate in remote villages.
• Physical fitness minuates with (conth) age.
by Dmitrio July 31, 2025