tenuate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”). === Verb === tenuate (third-person singular simple present tenuates, present participle tenuating, simple past and past participle tenuated) (archaic, rare, transitive) To make thin; to attenuate. === References === “tenuate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === tenuāte second-person plural present active imperative of tenuō