lowering
The act of something being loweredThe act of something being lowered.
Meaning
2 sensesThe act of something being lowered.
the act of causing to become less
A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes lower.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
c. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparativc. 1600, "descend, sink, grow less or lower" (intransitive), from lower (adj.), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "let down, cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered; lowering. In the transitive sense "to cause to descend" the older verb was low. From Middle English lahghenn, (c. 1200), which continued in use into the 18c.
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