reattenuate

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verb

To attenuate again.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbreattenuate (third-person singular simple present reattenuates, present participle reattenuating, simple past and past participle reattenuated)

present singular third person reattenuates · participle present reattenuating · participle past reattenuated · past reattenuated

  1. transitiveTo attenuate again.

    A crowd mostly of old people had converged on the gate and reattenuated in the long, bright corridor beyond it.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

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APA

reattenuate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reattenuate

MLA

“reattenuate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reattenuate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reattenuate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reattenuate.

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