attenuate
11attenuate — [[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… …
12attenuate — 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… …
13attenuate — 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… …
14attenuate — v. /euh ten yooh ayt /; adj. /euh ten yooh it, ayt /, v., attenuated, attenuating, adj. v.t. 1. to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. 2. to make thin; make slender or fine. 3. Bacteriol.,… …
15attenuate — at•ten•u•ate v. [[t]əˈtɛn yuˌeɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] ɪt, ˌeɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. 1) to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire[/ex] 2) to make thin; make slender or fine 3) mcr imu to render less… …
16attenuate attenuated faded weakened — decreased decreased adj. made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of {increased}. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened}; {belittled, diminished, small}; {cut, cut rate}; {diminished, lessened}; {minimized}; {remittent}; …
17attenuate — drawn out, slender …
18attenuate — adj. [L. ad, toward; tenuis, thin] To become thin, slender, fine, extended, growing narrower, tapering …
19attenuate — 1. verb a) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree b) To weaken Ant …
20attenuate — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, abate, adulterate, alleviate, attenuated, baptize, bate, blow off, blunt, cast forth, clear away, constrict, consume, contract, cramp, cripple, cut, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, deflate, dematerialize,… …
