verb

1. To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

   “to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.”

2. To lose weight.

3. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

   “Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.”

Synonyms: inspissate, cut, decrease, lower