Disincrease
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The reduction of something that has increased or that typically increases. rare
"It takes brisk, frosty weather for this lest the meat should spoil before being salted down and put away; and the darkies say it is bad luck to kill hogs except in “the disincrease" of the moon."
Verb
- 1 To diminish; to decrease in size or number. rare
"My people have been so unhappy for a long time they wish now to disincrease, instead of multiply."
Example
More examples"It takes brisk, frosty weather for this lest the meat should spoil before being salted down and put away; and the darkies say it is bad luck to kill hogs except in “the disincrease" of the moon."
Etymology
From dis- + increase.
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