Thesaurus: dilute

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1. v. t. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
2. v. t. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
3. v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
4. a. Diluted; thin; weak.
5. adj. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
6. v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
7. v. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
8. 1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. Blackmore. 2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. Sir I. Newton. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily. Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute and waterish exposition. Hopkins.
9. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
10. j:10/v:90 v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture