To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
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of Decrease
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of Decrease
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of Reduce
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of Reduce
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To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
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The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
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The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
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The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
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of Attenuate
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of Fade
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To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
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of Weaken
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