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attenuate (v.)
"to make thin, to make less," 1520s, from L.
attenuatus
, pp. of
attenuare
"to make thin," from
ad-
"to" +
tenuare
"make thin," from
tenuis
"thin" (see
tenet
). Related:
Attenuating
(early 17c.).
