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ATTEN'UATE, v.t. [L. attenuo, of ad and tenuo, to make thin; tenuis; Eng. thin, which see.]
ATTEN'UATE, a. Made thin, or less viscid; made slender.
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.
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.
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. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
into sapless meagerness. To become thin,
slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Made thin or slender.
Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
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