attenuate

1. v. t. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies. Source: opted

2. v. t. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts. Source: opted

3. v. t. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. Source: opted

4. v. i. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. Source: opted

5. a. Alt. of Attenuated Source: opted

6. adj. reduced in strength Source: wordnet

7. v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) Source: wordnet

8. v. become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude Source: wordnet

9. 1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies. 2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts. 3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. I. Taylor. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge. 1. Made thin or slender. 2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon. Source: webster

10. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge. Source: adambom

11. v:100 v. become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude s. reduced in strength Source: ecdict

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