ATTENUATE

attenuate

Verb

  1. To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  2. To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
  3. To weaken.
  4. To rarefy.
  5. To reduce the virulence of a bacteria or virus.
  6. To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal.

Adjective

  1. Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.


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