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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mince  \Mince\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Minced};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Minging}.]  [AS.  minsian  to  grow  less  dwindle,  fr  min 
  small  akin  to  G.  minder  less  Goth.  minniza  less  mins  less 
  adv.,  L.  minor,  adj  (cf.  {Minor});  or  more  likely  fr  F. 
  mincer  to  mince,  prob.  from  (assumed)  LL  minutiare.  ????. 
  See  {Minish}.] 
  1.  To  cut  into  very  small  pieces;  to  chop  fine;  to  hash;  as 
  to  mince  meat.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  To  suppress  or  weaken  the  force  of  to  extenuate;  to 
  palliate;  to  tell  by  degrees,  instead  of  directly  and 
  frankly;  to  clip,  as  words  or  expressions;  to  utter  half 
  and  keep  back  half  of 
 
  I  know  no  ways  to  mince  it  in  love,  but  directly  to 
  say  --  ``I  love  you.''  --Shak. 
 
  Siren,  now  mince  the  sin,  And  mollify  damnation  with 
  a  phrase.  --Dryden. 
 
  If  to  mince  his  meaning,  I  had  either  omitted  some 
  part  of  what  he  said  or  taken  from  the  strength  of 
  his  expression,  I  certainly  had  wronged  him 
  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  affect;  to  make  a  parade  of  [R.]  --Shak. 




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