Meaning of DILUTE
Pronunciation: | | di'loot
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- [adj] reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
- [v] lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
- [v] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
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| Synonyms: | | adulterate, cut, cut, debase, diluted, reduce, stretch, thin, thin out, thinned, washy, watery, weak, weakened, white |
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| Antonyms: | | undiluted | |
| See Also: | | corrupt, doctor, doctor up, sophisticate, spoil, water down, weaken | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away,
dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave.
See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.]
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with
something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current,
and dilute it more. --Blackmore.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by
mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to
temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
Newton.
\Di*lute"\, v. i.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
\Di*lute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.]
Diluted; thin; weak.
A dilute and waterish exposition. --Hopkins.
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