Definitions
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- verb humorous To
make smaller , such as byreducing theresolution of animage file.
Etymologies
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Small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002.
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Examples
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Thank you for embiggen and ensmallen, but these words aren't for the children, they are for the publisher.
Going digital - with 26 crows and a bucket Stroppy Author 2010
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And - just a thought - "embiggen" is already part of children's vocabulary from The Simpsons - a "perfectly cromulent word" so could you use it and by analogy "ensmallen"?
Going digital - with 26 crows and a bucket Stroppy Author 2010
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It’s like a deliberate strategy to ensmallen and endumben our nation’s television viewers.
David Roberts: 60 Minutes You’ll Never Get Back: David Roberts Roberts, David 2008
ry commented on the word ensmallen
generally accepted as the opposite of embiggen
February 4, 2020