Lessen, to diminish: Ado II, 1, 24. H5 III, 6, 155. R3 I, 3, 111. Rom. I, 2, 47. Ant. III, 12, 13. Cymb. III, 3, 13. “Buckingham shall l. this big look,” H8 I, 1, 119, == shall look less big.
Refl., == to become less, to be diminished: “the Roman eagle, from south to west on wing soaring aloft, --ed herself,” Cymb. V, 5, 472.