[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.", "Architecture.to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.", "Music.to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.", "to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to lessen; decrease."]}]