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2 words match “BELITTLE”

BELITTLE v.
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
MAKE v.
to make headway. -- To make light of. See under Light, a. -- To make little of. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily. -- To make love to. See under Love, n. -- To make meat, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] -- To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. -- To make much of, to treat…