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Attenuate   /ətˈɛnjuˌeɪt/   Listen
Attenuate

verb
(past & past part. attenuated; pres. part. attenuating)
1.
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).  Synonym: rarefy.
2.
Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.





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"Attenuate" Quotes from Famous Books



... elevated margins to the segments, and rather persistent on the tree. The nuts are nearly as pale as in the Shagbark, conspicuously brown striped, slightly 4-celled at the very base, and with a wall only 1 mm. thick. As is usual in ALBA, they are upwardly attenuate, and frequently the kernel is abortive. (Trelease, Wm., 7th Report Mo. ...
— The Pecan and its Culture • H. Harold Hume
... as if she hadn't been, couldn't be, hated to be, in such delicate matters, literal, she was moved to attenuate. "Oh, I don't ...
— The Golden Bowl • Henry James
... of the person to whom he has devoted his heart, and employ all his skill in correcting them by affection, instead of increasing his own weakness by leaning on them. It is necessary, therefore, neither to admire nor to dislike the defects of the loved one, but to try and attenuate them by aid of ...
— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel


Words linked to "Attenuate" :   decreased, rarefy, faded, chemistry, chemical science, attenuation, reduced, attenuator, weaken, refine, attenuated


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