attenuate
verb (used with object)
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
are attenuating
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present progressiveof attenuate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are attenuating and deobstruent, consequently of service in disorders arising from a languid circulation, a viscidity of the juices, a lax fibre, and obstructed viscera.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
