Word
Attenuate
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
at-ten-u-ate
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
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