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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. i.
     To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
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           The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of
     attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See
     Thin.]
     1. 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.
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     2. 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.
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     3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less
        complex; to weaken.
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              To undersell our rivals . . . has led the
              manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in
              the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
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              We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
              into sapless meagerness.              --Sir F.
                                                    Palgrave.
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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, Attenuated \At*ten"u*a`ted\, a. [L.
     attenuatus, p. p.]
     1. Made thin or slender.
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     2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. --Bacon.
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  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attenuated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Attenuating.] [L. attenuatus, p. p. of
     attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See
     Thin.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less
        complex; to weaken.
  
              To undersell our rivals . . . has led the
              manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in
              the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
  
              We may reject and reject till we attenuate history
              into sapless meagerness.              --Sir F.
                                                    Palgrave.

  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, v. i.
     To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
  
           The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts.
                                                    --Coleridge.

  Attenuate \At*ten"u*ate\, Attenuated \At*ten"u*a`ted\, a. [L.
     attenuatus, p. p.]
     1. Made thin or slender.
  
     2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. --Bacon.

  attenuate
       adj : reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
             [syn: attenuated, faded, weakened]
       v 1: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: rarefy]
       2: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

  attenuate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it attenuare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it attenuato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la attenuō  2 p pres actv impr)

  attenuate
     a.
     (lb en botany of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like
  extension toward the base.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or
  degree.

  attenuate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it attenuare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it attenuato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la attenuō  2 p pres actv impr)

  attenuate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it attenuare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it attenuato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la attenuō  2 p pres actv impr)

  attenuate
     Englanti vb.
     vaimentaa

  Attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  اضعف

  attenuate //əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt// 
  1. разреждам
  To rarefy
  2. намалявам
  To reduce
  3. отслабвам
  To weaken

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  oslabený

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  zeslabený

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  zmírnit

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  zmenšit

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  abschwächen, schwächen, schwächer werden, verdünnen 
   see: attenuating, attenuated
  

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  verkleinern, verringern, vermindern 
   see: attenuating, attenuated
  

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  
  ελαφρύνω, αμβλύνω

  attenuate //əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt// 
  suippotyvinen
  botany: tapering towards the base

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/ 
  1. कम~करना
        "The organization helped tremendoulsy to attentuate the effect of diseases during the floods."

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  atenuirati, mršav, opadati, opao, oslabiti, prigušiti, razblažen, razblažiti, razrijediti, razrijeđen, slabiti, stanjiti, umanjen, umanjiti, vitak

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  1. karcsú
  2. elvékonyult
  3. elgyöngített
  4. vékonyult
  5. erôtlenné vált
  6. vékonyuló
  7. gyöngített
  8. felhígított
  9. lesoványodott
  10. elvékonyodott
  11. csökkent
  12. sovány
  13. vékony
  14. vékonyodó

  attenuate //əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt// 
  svekke
  To weaken

  attenuate //əˈtɛn.juˌeɪt// 
  1. förminska, försvaga, minska
  To reduce
  2. försvaga
  To weaken

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  1. ince, zayıf, azalmış, dar.

  attenuate /ɐtˈɛnjuːˌeɪt/
  1. inceltmek, hafifletmek, azaltmak, daraltmak, zayıflatmak
  2. değerini düşürmek attenua'tion  inceltme, zayıflatma, azaltma
  3. incelme, azalma, zayıflama.

  
/əˈtɛnjuˌeɪt/

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "attenuate":
     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, devitalize, dilute, disable, disembody,
     dispel, dissipate, dissolve, drive away, dry up, dull, ease,
     emacerate, emaciate, enervate, enfeeble, etherealize, evaporate,
     eviscerate, exhaust, expand, extenuate, gruel, irrigate, lay low,
     lessen, macerate, mitigate, parch, preshrink, rare, rarefied,
     rarefy, rattle, reduce, reedy, remit, sap, sear, shake, shake up,
     shrink, shrivel, slacken, slender, slight, slim, soften up,
     spiritualize, subtile, subtilize, subtle, tenuous, thin, thin away,
     thin down, thin out, twiggy, unbrace, undermine, unman, unnerve,
     unstrengthen, unstring, volatilize, waste, waste away, water,
     water down, weaken, weazen, wither, wizen
  
  

  v. 变薄,使...薄,变细;

     v. 使变稀薄;使变细;弄淡