attenuate
verb (used with object)
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
had been attenuating
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past perfect progressiveof attenuate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The spell that for a moment her beauty had cast over him when first she had appeared had been attenuating.
From The Trampling of the Lilies by Rafael Sabatini
