Attently
; intent.
adj.
late 15c., “attentive,” from Latin attentus, past participle of attendere (see attend). As a noun, “intention, aim” (early 13c.), from Old French atente “act of attending,” from fem. of Latin attentus.
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a medicine or agent that thins the blood. Historical Examples As a diuretic and attenuant in dropsy, or as an expectorant in chronic coughs. Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley adjective causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood noun […]
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to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. to make thin; make slender or fine. Bacteriology, Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. Electronics. to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal). to become thin or fine; lessen. weakened; diminishing. Botany. tapering gradually […]
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to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. to make thin; make slender or fine. Bacteriology, Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. Electronics. to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal). to become thin or fine; lessen. weakened; diminishing. Botany. tapering gradually […]
- Attenuated virus
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- Attenuating
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire. to make thin; make slender or fine. Bacteriology, Immunology. to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. Electronics. to decrease the amplitude of (an electronic signal). to become thin or fine; lessen. weakened; diminishing. Botany. tapering gradually […]