- (v.t.) To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
- (v.i.) To become thin, slender or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
- (v.t.) To lessen the amount, force or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
- (v.t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body or to break them into finer parts.
- (a.) Alternative of Attenuated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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