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tenuate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ten-u-ate
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make thin; to attenuate.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

tenuates (present, singular) tenuating (participle, present) tenuated (participle, past) tenuated (past)

Questions

What does tenuate mean?
To make thin; to attenuate.
Where does tenuate come from?
From Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”).

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