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Diluting
(gcide) | Dilute \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.
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Mix their watery store.
With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
--Blackmore.
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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.
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Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
Newton.
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Diluting
(gcide) | Dilute \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.
[1913 Webster]
Mix their watery store.
With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
--Blackmore.
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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.
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Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
Newton.
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