minify

Verb (usu participle)

min=i=fy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

minify(v = verb.change) decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

is one way to alter, change, modify

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

minify, v. t. [L. minor less + -fly.].

To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen. [1913 Webster]
To degrade by speech or action. [1913 Webster]