attenuate
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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 less.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"Why is thy writing thus," my lover said to me, "Attenuate and small, uneath to read and ill?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
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