'Minced' definitions:
Definition of 'Minced'
From: GCIDE
- Mince \Mince\ (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minced (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Minging (m[i^]n"s[i^]ng).] [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. [root]101. See Minish.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 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; as, he doesn't mince words. [1913 Webster]
- I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]