An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MINIFY
decrease, lessen, minify
(verb) make smaller; “He decreased his staff”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
minify (third-person singular simple present minifies, present participle minifying, simple past and past participle minified)
To make smaller.
To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens
(computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
Antonyms
• magnify
Source: Wiktionary
Min"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minified; p. pr. & vb. n. Minifying.] Etym: [L. minor less + -fly.]
1. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.
2. To degrade by speech or action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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