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Attenuate   /ətˈɛnjuˌeɪt/   Listen
Attenuate

adjective
1.
Reduced in strength.  Synonyms: attenuated, faded, weakened.





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... that the pleasures which result from the exercise of the higher faculties are to be preferred. "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied." Whether it is possible to stretch, and qualify, and attenuate the conception of pleasure so as to make it cover the ideal of human life, without having it, like a soap-bubble, burst in the process, is a question foreign to the practical purpose of this book. That pleasure, as ...
— Practical Ethics • William DeWitt Hyde
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Words linked to "Attenuate" :   attenuation, refine, weakened, attenuator, faded, decreased, chemical science, reduced, chemistry, weaken


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