מְעַט I ch., Pa. מַעֵט same, to reduce; to exclude. Yoma 74ᵃ למַעוּטֵי מאי … למַ׳ וכ׳ this ‘none but’ is to exclude what (whom)?… It excludes the king; Shebu. 31ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. לאפוקי); a. fr.
Ithpe. - אִימְּעִיט to be reduced; to be excluded. Erub. 79ᵇ דא׳ מאיתמול when its size was reduced the day before; a. e.