ATTENUATE
\ɐtˈɛnjuːˌe͡ɪt], \ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt], \ɐ_t_ˈɛ_n_j_uː_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ATTENUATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
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become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
By Princeton University
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reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
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become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
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To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
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Alt. of Attenuated
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Thin; slender.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
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To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
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Alt. of Attenuated
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Thin; slender.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman