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Ensmallen

//ɛnˈsmɔlən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make smaller. humorous, transitive

Etymology

From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

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