tenuate

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verb

To make thin; to attenuate.

OriginLatin tenuatus →
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Meanings

verbtenuate (third-person singular simple present tenuates, present participle tenuating, simple past and past participle tenuated)

present singular third person tenuates · participle present tenuating · participle past tenuated · past tenuated

  1. archaicraretransitiveTo make thin; to attenuate.

Origin

  1. Latintenuatus
  2. Englishtenuate

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

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tenuate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenuate.

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