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ATTEN'UATE, v.t. [L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.]

1. To make thin or less consistent; to subtilize or break the humors of the body into finer parts; to render less viscid; opposed to condense, incrassate or thicken.

2. To comminute; to break or wear solid substances into finer or very minute parts.

This uninterrupted motion must attenuate and wear away the hardest rocks.

3. To make slender; to reduce in thickness.

ATTEN'UATE, a. Made thin, or less viscid; made slender.

1913 Definition
Attenuate (attenuate)
v. t.((?))
At*ten"u*ate
[imp. *** p. p. Attenuated (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n. Attenuating (&?]).] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Thi
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.

    To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point.
    I. Taylor.

    We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness.
    Sir F. Palgrave.

  4. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.

    The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts.
    Coleridge.

  5. Made thin or slender.
  6. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
    Bacon.

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