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111attenuate — vb *thin, rarefy, dilute, extenuate Analogous words: *weaken, sap: reduce, lessen (see DECREASE): dissipate (see SCATTER): *contract, shrink, constrict, deflate Antonyms: enlarge: dilate: enrich Contrasted words: * …
112concentrate — vb 1 *center, focus, centralize Analogous words: fix, *set, settle, establish: muster, convoke, convene (see SUMMON) 2 *compact, consolidate, unify Analogous words: *gather, collect, assemble: mass, * …
113dilute — vb attenuate, *thin, rarefy Analogous words: temper, *moderate, qualify: *weaken, enfeeble: *liquefy, deliquesce: *adulterate, sophisticate Antonyms: condense: concentrate (in chemistry, especially in past participial form) …
114extenuate — vb 1 attenuate, *thin, dilute, rarefy Analogous words: diminish, lessen, reduce, *decrease: *weaken, enfeeble, debilitate: *moderate, temper, qualify Antonyms: intensify Contrasted words: aggravate, heighten, enhance (see INTENSIFY) …
115fade — *vanish, evanesce, evaporate, disappear Analogous words: deliquesce, melt (see LIQUEFY): *thin, rarefy, attenuate: reduce, lessen (see DECREASE) …
116attenuate — v 1. thin, thin out, stretch out, spin out, extend, draw out, wiredraw; rarefy, etherealize, spiritualize, volatilize, vaporize, aerify; refine, subtilize, sublime. 2. weaken, reduce, lessen, decrease, diminish, lower; impair, invalidate,… …
117dilute — v 1. weaken, attenuate, extenuate, thin, rarefy; mix, adulterate, Inf. water or water down, (of alcohol or drugs) Inf. cut. adj 2. weak, weakened, thin, thinned, attenuated, diluted; adulterated, Inf. doctored, Inf. watered or watered down, (of… …
118etherealize — v 1. spiritualize, disembody, dema terialize. 2. refine, attenuate, rarefy, subtilize, thin, thin out …
119extenuate — v 1. make less serious, play down, downplay, gloze, smooth over; gloss over, whitewash, cover up, varnish; paint a better picture of, palliate, mitigate, soften; temper, moderate, tone down; attenuate, weaken, lessen, diminish; reduce, decrease,… …
120purify — v 1. sanitize, sanitate, depurate; depol lute, freshen, deodorize, decontaminate, disinfect, an tisepticize; cleanse, deterge, mundify, clean, wash, bathe, lave, Chiefly Scot. dight. 2. expurgate, purge, defecate, rid, Med. absterge; elutriate,… …
