Definition of reduce

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Reduce (n.) To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc..

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Reducing :: Reducing () a & n. from Reduce.
Theriaca :: Theriaca (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Sand :: Sand (n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet..
Grade :: Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road..
Humiliation :: Humiliation (n.) The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
Mealy :: Mealy (superl.) Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato..
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base..
Miniature :: Miniature (v.) Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
Atom :: Atom (v. t.) To reduce to atoms.
Unwritten :: Unwritten (a.) Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Skatol :: Skatol (n.) A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N..
Terrestrify :: Terrestrify (v. t.) To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
Decompound :: Decompound (v. t.) To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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