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verb (used with object)
1.
to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
2.
to make fainter, as a color.
3.
to reduce the strength, force, or efficiency of by admixture.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become diluted.
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Diluting
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adjective
5.
reduced in strength, as a chemical by admixture; weak: a dilute solution.
Origin:
1545–55; < Latin dīlūtus washed away, dissolved (past participle of dīluere), equivalent to dī- di-2 + -lūtus, combining form of lautus (lav(ere) to wash + -tus past participle suffix)
1545–55; < Latin dīlūtus washed away, dissolved (past participle of dīluere), equivalent to dī- di-2 + -lūtus, combining form of lautus (lav(ere) to wash + -tus past participle suffix)
Related forms
di·lut·er, di·lu·tor, noun
di·lu·tive, adjective
an·ti·di·lu·tive, adjective
o·ver·di·lute, verb, -lut·ed, -lut·ing.
un·di·lute, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
3. weaken, temper, mitigate, diminish.
3. weaken, temper, mitigate, diminish.
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Word Origin & History
dilute
1550s, from L. dilutus, pp. of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave). Related: Diluted.
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Medical Dictionary
dilute di·lute (dī-l&oomacr;t', dĭ-)
v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
To reduce a solution or mixture in concentration, quality, strength, or purity, as by adding water. adj.
Thinned or weakened by diluting.
di·lu'tive adj.
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