attenuate
verb
• reduce the force, effect, or value of.
• "this research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidification"
Opposite:
strengthened,
• reduce in thickness; make thin.
attenuate
adjective
• reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness.
• "the doctrines of Christianity became very attenuate and distorted"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender’, from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to’ + tenuare ‘make thin’ (from tenuis ‘thin’).
