Definition of tenuate

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Tenuate (v. t.) To make thin; to attenuate.

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Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen..
Dilute :: Dilute (v. t.) To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken..
Attenuated :: Attenuated (a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge..
Attenuated :: Attenuated (a.) Made thin or slender.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
Extenuation :: Extenuation (n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment..
Attenuate :: Attenuate (a.) Alt. of Attenuate.
Finespun :: Finespun (a.) Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories..
Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken..
Extenuator :: Extenuator (n.) One who extenuates.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Extenuated :: Extenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Extenuat.
Attenuate :: Attenuate (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..
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults..
Attenuated :: Attenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Attenuat.
Attenuate :: Attenuate (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..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium..
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..
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