American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Dwindle

DWIN’DLE, v.i.

1. To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away. The body dwindles by pining or consumption; an estate swindles by waste, by want of industry or economy; an object dwindles in size, as it recedes from view; an army dwindles by death or desertion.

Our drooping days have dwindled down to naught.

2. To degenerate; to sink; to fall away.

Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs.

DWIN’DLE, v.t. To make less; to bring low.

1. To break; to disperse.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Dwindle," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed June 6, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L49PY5F6K5EX4WG.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Dwindle." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 6 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L49PY5F6K5EX4WG.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Dwindle' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 6 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L49PY5F6K5EX4WG.