Definizione monolingua

extenuate

extenuate (third-person singular simple present extenuates, present participle extenuating, simple past and past participle extenuated)

1. (transitive) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
2. (transitive) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
3. (obsolete) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Definizione dizionario extenuate

annacquare

attenuare

diminuire

ridurre

Altri significati:

(obsolete) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

(transitive) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

(transitive) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.