| abate | shorten, lessen, reduce |
| assubjugate | reduce to subjugation, demean, debase |
| bate | [of quantities] lessen, reduce, deduct |
| beggar | reduce to beggary, impoverish, make destitute |
| boy | represent by a boy, reduce to a boy-actor level [boys played the female parts in Shakespeare's time] |
| bring | reduce, lower |
| circumscribe | restrict, reduce, limit |
| contract | shorten, reduce, lessen |
| cut | remove, take away, reduce |
| degrade | lower in rank, reduce in degree |
| deject | lower, reduce, lessen |
| disquantity | lessen in quantity, reduce, cut down |
| dissolve | lose influence, reduce to nothing |
| distil | melt, reduce, dissolve |
| do | destroy, consume, reduce to nothing |
| dull | blunt, reduce the activity of |
| dumb | make inaudible, reduce to silence |
| lay | allay, reduce, moderate |
| mitigate | moderate, reduce the severity of |
| rack | exhaust by imposing excessive charges, reduce to poverty |
| reduce | restore, bring back, lead back |
| ruinate | reduce to ruins, bring to destruction |
| seethe | reduce by boiling, dissipate by overheating |
| shorten | reduce, diminish, cut back |
| slack | reduce to inactivity, quieten down |
| slack | slacken, reduce, slow down |
| subdue | get the better of, bring down, reduce |
| swear | reduce to silence by swearing, put down by swearing |
| take | reduce, diminish, lessen |
| third | achieve a third of, reduce to a third |
| uproar | throw into turmoil, reduce to confusion |
| warp | reduce, shrink, lessen |
| weaken | lower, reduce, lessen |