Word Meaning

Meaning of "attenuate" and the crossword clue

- Become weaker
- 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.
- 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.
- To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
- To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
- Alt. of Attenuated