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dwindle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dwindle/ˈdwɪndl/

▶verb diminish gradually.

– origin C16: frequentative of Scots and dial. dwine ‘fade away’, from OE dwīnan, of Gmc origin.

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