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  1. 1. v. t. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Source: opted
  2. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Diluted; thin; weak. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones Source: wordnet
  8. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily. Source: adambom
  10. 10. j:10/v:90 v. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture Source: ecdict

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