amenusen

== Middle English == === Etymology === From Old French amenuisier. See minute. === Verb === amenusen (third-person singular simple present amenuseth, present participle amenusende, amenusynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle amenused) to lessen 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Beginning, 21. 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Parson's Tale, Second Part, Beginning, 21. ==== Descendants ==== English: adminish === References === “amenuse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.