attenuate

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Synonyms: attentate, attentuate, extenuate, attenuated, attentat, attenuant, tenuate, attenuates, attediate, attenuator, atterrate

Antonyms: attentate, attentuate, extenuate, attenuated, attentat, attenuant, tenuate, attenuates, attediate, attenuator, atterrate

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[reduce]] in [[size]], [[force]], [[value]], [[amount]], or [[degree]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[thin]]ner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become thin or fine; to grow less.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[weaken]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[rarefy]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|medicine}} To reduce the [[virulence]] of a [[bacterium]] or [[virus]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|electronics}} To reduce the [[amplitude]] of an [[electrical]], radio, or optical [[signal]].
8. {{lb|en|brewing}} Of a [[beer]], to become less [[dense]] as a result of the [[conversion]] of [[sugar]] to [[alcohol]].

Adjective

1. [[slender|Slender]], [[thin]].
2. {{lb|en|in consistency}} [[rarefied|Rarefied]], [[thin]], [[refined]].
3. {{lb|en|botany|of leaves}} Gradually [[taper]]ing into a [[petiole]]-like extension toward the [[base]].

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