Attenuate

[ə'tenjʊeɪt] or [ə'tɛnjuet]

Definition

(verb.) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.

(adj.) reduced in strength; 'the faded tones of an old recording' .

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Definition

(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.

(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.

(v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.

(v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.

(a.) Alt. of Attenuated

Edited by Barbie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Dilute, thin, rarefy, make thin, make less dense.[2]. Lessen, diminish, contract, reduce.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Educe, elongate, reduce, fine-drawn, narrow, contract, diminish, compress

ANT:Broaden, increase, expand, dilate, swell, enlarge, develop, amplify

Checked by Gardner

Definition

v.t. to make thin or lean: to break down into finer parts: to reduce in density: reduce in strength or value simplify.—v.i. to become thin or fine: to grow less.—n. Atten′uant anything possessing this property.—adjs. Atten′uate Atten′uated made thin or slender: dilute rarefied:—n. Attenuā′tion process of making slender: reduction of intensity density or force: specially in homeopathy the reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.

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