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Dilute
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. Blackmore.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken. Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. Sir I. Newton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute and waterish exposition. Hopkins.