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Russian

Etymology

у- (u-) +‎ ме́рить (méritʹ)

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Verb

уме́рить (uméritʹpf (imperfective умеря́ть)

  1. to diminish, to lessen the force or magnitude of
    • 1790, Денис Фонвизин, “Действие третье. Явление VII”, in Выбор Гувернёра; English translation from C. E. Bechhofer Roberts, transl., The Choice of a Tutor, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1916:
      Господи́н предводи́тель, уме́рьте ва́шу стро́гость для на́шей про́сьбы.
      Gospodín predvodítelʹ, umérʹte vášu strógostʹ dlja nášej prósʹby.
      Marshal, moderate your strictness at our request.

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