Attenuate
21attenuate — 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.:… …
22attenuate — at|ten|u|ate [əˈtenjueıt] v [T] formal to make something weaker or less ▪ an attenuated form of the polio virus …
23attenuate — 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 …
24attenuate — at·ten·u·ate || É™ tenjÊŠeɪt v. become thin or less; diminish in intensity, decrease …
25attenuate — [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 …
26attenuate — v. a. Thin, rarefy, make thin, make rare, make slender, slim, or spare, render thread like, draw out, lessen, diminish, reduce …
27attenuate — verb (T) formal to make something weaker or have less effect: an attenuated measles vaccine attentuation noun (U) …
28attenuate — Tapering gradually, e.g. the median leaflets of Zamia tuerckheimii. Cf. acuminate …
29attenuate — v 1. thin, thin out, stretch out, spin out, extend, draw out, wiredraw; rarefy, etherealize, spiritualize, volatilize, vaporize, aerify; refine, subtilize, sublime. 2. weaken, reduce, lessen, decrease, diminish, lower; impair, invalidate,… …
30attenuate — at·ten·u·ate …
