make less severe or harsh or extreme | become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor |
add a modifier to a constituent | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation |
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | lessen the momentum or velocity of |
| make vapid or deprive of spirit |
| convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
| make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
| cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |