Definition of reduce

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Reduce (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat..

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Atone :: Atone (v. t.) To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease..
Deoxidize :: Deoxidize (v. t.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.
Sodium :: Sodium (n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol
Humiliation :: Humiliation (n.) The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..
Decompound :: Decompound (v. t.) To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
Feudalize :: Feudalize (v. t.) To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.
Strait :: Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..
Deplete :: Deplete (a.) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc..
Condense :: Condense (v. i.) To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
Disafforest :: Disafforest (v. t.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp..
Pulverate :: Pulverate (v. t.) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize.
Throttle :: Throttle (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine..
Abase :: Abase (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade..
Vivificate :: Vivificate (v. t.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce..
Emaciation :: Emaciation (n.) The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
Bethrall :: Bethrall (v. t.) To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall.
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