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Antonyms for attenuated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb uh-ten-yoo-eyt; adjective uh-ten-yoo-it, -eyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈtɛn yuˌeɪt; adjective əˈtɛn yu ɪt, -ˌeɪt


Definition of attenuated

Origin :
  • "to make thin, to make less," 1520s, from Latin attenuatus "enfeebled, weak," past participle of attenuare "to make thin, lessen, diminish," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet). Related: Attenuated; attenuating. Earlier was Middle English attenuen "to make thin (in consistency)," early 15c.
  • verb weaken
Example sentences :
  • It is then said that the virulence of the microbe is attenuated.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • Paternal grossness was attenuated by the maternal influence.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Even the X-type had to struggle to rise in the attenuated air now about them.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • The spiritual is the intensity of power; the physical is the attenuated.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • Cassy foresaw, too, that the tedium would not be attenuated by Paliser's conversation.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Astronomy and inflation: and by inflation we mean expansion of the attenuated.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • The creek was attenuated and hesitating, so we left it and struck off over the mountains.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • This kind of beer will have attenuated sufficiently in from 30 to 36 hours.
  • Extract from : « The American Practical Brewer and Tanner » by Joseph Coppinger
  • No matter how attenuated a lethal gas is it is never entirely harmless.
  • Extract from : « The Sky Trap » by Frank Belknap Long
  • She attenuated him without his knowing it, for what he mainly thought was that he had aggrandised her.
  • Extract from : « Nona Vincent » by Henry James

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