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 March 22, 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. 22 Mar. 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 22 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L49PY5F6K5EX4WG.