Dwarfing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dwarfing}.]
   To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
   small; to stunt. --Addison.
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         Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
         would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
         spiritual background.                    --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
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