dilute
- dilute
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/di looht", duy-/;
adj. also /duy"looht/,
v.,
diluted, diluting,
adj.
v.t.
1. to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
2. to make fainter, as a color.
3. to reduce the strength, force, or efficiency of by admixture.
v.i.
4. to become diluted.
adj.
5. reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak: a dilute solution.
[
1545-55; < L dilutus washed away, dissolved (ptp. of diluere), equiv. to di- DI-2 + -lutus, comb. form of lautus (lav(ere) to wash + -tus ptp. suffix)]
Syn. 3. weaken, temper, mitigate, diminish.
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