\Min"ish\, v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small,
cut small, fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L.
minutus small. See {Minute}, a., and cf. {Diminish},
{Minge}.]
To diminish; to lessen.
      The living of poor men thereby minished. --Latimer.