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What does attenuate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word attenuate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  2. (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
  3. (transitive) To weaken.
  4. (transitive) To rarefy.
  5. (medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
  6. (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
Adjective
  1. (botany) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
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