What does enlessen mean?
Enlessen means (archaic) to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen..
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/ɛnˈlɛsə̆n/ · verb
(archaic) to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen..
PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and weighty a matter, the which did not only enlessen and elevate the pope’s authority, but also was noyful and odious to all realms Cristenyd.
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Enlessen means (archaic) to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen..
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PLEASE it your highness to be advertised that this present morning came unto prior Thomas unto his cell wherein I am lodged, the emperor’s great ambassador, accompanied with a great many gentlemen of Spayne, and demanded of him how he durst be so bold to take upon him to intermeddle in so great and weighty a matter, the which did not only enlessen and elevate the pope’s authority, but also was noyful and odious to all realms Cristenyd.
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