Tenuate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tenuate \Ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tenuated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Tenuating}.] [L. tenuatus, p. p. of tenuare to make
     thin, fr. tenuis thin. See {Tenuous}.]
     To make thin; to attenuate. [R.]
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