"tenuate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tenuates [present, singular, third-person], tenuating [participle, present], tenuated [participle, past], tenuated [past]
Etymology: Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}}, {{m|la|tenuatus}} tenuatus, {{m|la|tenuare||to make thin}} tenuare (“to make thin”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tenuate (third-person singular simple present tenuates, present participle tenuating, simple past and past participle tenuated)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To make thin; to attenuate. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-tenuate-en-verb-XJqtHwxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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