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Definition: ATTENUANT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.[Websters].
Adjective 1. Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.[Websters]
2. Being extenuating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb attenuantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(attenuantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective attenuant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Attenuant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ATTENUANT

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ATTENUANT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.[Websters].
Adjective1. Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.[Websters]
2. Being extenuating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb attenuantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(attenuantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective attenuant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ATTENUANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ATTENUANT

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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