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Meaning Of 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.
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.