Definition:
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
- (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
- (a.) Alt. of Attenuated
Compare attenuate with other words:
attenuate vs. enfeeble
accentuate vs. attenuate
attentate vs. attenuate
attenuate vs. attenuated
attenuate vs. moderate
attenuate vs. soothe
attenuate vs. tenuate
attenuate vs. retard
attenuate vs. lower
attenuate vs. dilute
attenuate vs. tenuous
attenuate vs. deprecate
attenuate vs. enervate
attenuate vs. decay
attenuate vs. curtail
attenuate vs. extenuate
attenuate vs. mitigate
attenuate vs. base
attenuate vs. petiole
attenuate vs. taper
amplify vs. attenuate
attenuate vs. signal
attenuate vs. electrical
amplitude vs. attenuate
attenuate vs. bacteria
attenuate vs. virus
attenuate vs. virulence
attenuate vs. rarefy
attenuate vs. weaken
attenuate vs. thin
attenuate vs. degree
attenuate vs. value
amount vs. attenuate
attenuate vs. force
attenuate vs. size
attenuate vs. reduce
attenuate vs. attenuation
assuage vs. attenuate
alleviate vs. attenuate
abate vs. attenuate