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/ɪɡˈzɪɡju.eɪt/ · verb
(obsolete) to shrink and reduce in quality or value; to become exiguous.
"Though defrauded of an earldom, he need not exiguate into a dwarf."
"My allotted portion of good things, my body, and my house—" "Each is exiguate, exiguate, exiguate."
Use exiguate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Exiguate means (obsolete) to shrink and reduce in quality or value; to become exiguous.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Though defrauded of an earldom, he need not exiguate into a dwarf."
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