atténuer — meaning in English

English meaning

• attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
• lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
• palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.

Senses

atténuer is used for these senses in English:

• lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
• palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]

attenuate — full definition

1. verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
2. verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
3. verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
4. verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

lessen — full definition

1. verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
2. verb To become smaller or weaker.

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