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attenuate (verb)

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  • attenuate — ► VERB 1) reduce the strength, effect, or value of. 2) make thin or thinner. DERIVATIVES attenuation noun. ORIGIN Latin attenuare make slender …   English terms dictionary

  • attenuate — I verb attenuare, bate, constrict, constringe, contract, curtail, debilitate, decrease, deflate, devitalize, diminish, diminish in effect, extenuare, extenuate, lessen, lighten, make thin, narrow, reduce, reduce in intensity, reduce in strength,… …   Law dictionary

  • attenuate — verb (attenuated, attenuating) –verb (t) /əˈtɛnjueɪt / (say uh tenyoohayt) 1. to make thin; make slender or fine; rarefy. 2. to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value. –verb (i) /əˈtɛnjueɪt / (say uh tenyoohayt) 3. to… …  

  • attenuate — verb (T) formal to make something weaker or have less effect: an attenuated measles vaccine attentuation noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • attenuate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English attenuat, from Latin attenuatus, past participle of attenuare to make thin, from ad + tenuis thin more at thin Date: 15th century 1. reduced especially in thickness, density, or force 2. tapering gradually… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • attenuate — [[t]əte̱njueɪt[/t]] attenuates, attenuating, attenuated VERB To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it. [FORMAL] [V n] You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it... [V ed] Theirs had been an… …   English dictionary

  • attenuate — UK [əˈtenjuˌeɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms attenuate : present tense I/you/we/they attenuate he/she/it attenuates present participle attenuating past tense attenuated past participle attenuated formal to reduce the strength, amount, or… …   English dictionary

  • attenuate — 1. verb a) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree b) To weaken Ant …   Wiktionary

  • attenuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. weaken; thin out, rarefy. See decrease, narrowness, weakness.Ant., strengthen. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thin, dilute, weaken, rarefy, dilute, lessen, decrease, water down, diminish. ANT.:… …   English dictionary for students

  • attenuate — at|ten|u|ate [ ə tenju,eıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to reduce the strength, amount, or size of something ╾ at|ten|u|ation [ ə,tenju eıʃn ] noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • attenuate — [ə tɛnjʊeɪt] verb 1》 reduce the strength, effect, or value of. 2》 make thin or thinner. Derivatives attenuation noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as attenuation): from L. attenuat , attenuare make slender …   English new terms dictionary

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