Etymology

tenuate

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Today it means: To make thin; to attenuate. Full definition →

Latin tenuatus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenuatus
  2. English todaytenuate

From Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”).

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