Attenuate

at-ten′ū-āt, v.t. to make thin or lean: to break down into finer parts: to reduce in density: reduce in strength or value, simplify.— v.i. to become thin or fine: to grow le .— n. Atten′uant , anything po e ing this property.— adjs. Atten′uate , Atten′uated , made thin or slender: dilute, rarefied:— n. Attenuā′tion , proce of making slender: reduction of intensity, density, or force: specially in homeopathy, the reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses. [L. attenuāre , -ātum — ad , to, tenuis , thin.]