diluted
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away,
dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave.
See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.]
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with
something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
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Mix their watery store.
With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
--Blackmore.
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2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by
mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to
temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
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Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
Newton.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "diluted":
adulterated, airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, cut, dead,
delicate, diaphanous, dilute, ethereal, fade, fine, fine-drawn,
finespun, flat, flavorless, flimsy, frail, gaseous, gauzy, girlish,
gossamer, gracile, gruelly, inane, indifferent, insipid,
insubstantial, jejune, lacy, light, mild, milk-and-water, misty,
papery, pappy, pulpy, rare, rarefied, reduced, sapless, savorless,
slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky,
small, spiceless, stale, subtile, subtle, svelte, sylphlike,
tasteless, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun,
thinned, thinned-out, thinnish, threadlike, uncompact,
uncompressed, unflavored, unsavory, unsubstantial, vague, vapid,
vaporous, washy, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, waterish,
watery, weak, willowy, windy, wiredrawn, wishy-washy, wispy
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