enlessen

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen. archaic
    — PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and weighty a matter, the which did not only enlessen and elevate the pope’s authority, but also was noyful and odious to all realms Cristenyd.

词形变化

enlessens present,singular,third-person enlessening participle,present enlessened participle,past enlessened past

词源

En- (an intensifying prefix) + lessen (to reduce, to diminish).
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