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Webster 1913 Edition
Dilute
Di-lute′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Diluted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Diluting
.] 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
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′
,Verb.
I.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak;
as, it
. dilutes
easilyDi-lute′
,Adj.
[L.
dilutus
, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak.
A
dilute
and waterish exposition. Hopkins.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dilute
DILUTE
,Verb.
T.
1.
Literally, to wash; but appropriately, to render liquid, or more liquid; to make thin, or more fluid. Thus sirup or molasses is made thin or more liquid by an admixture with water; and the water is said to dilute it. Hence, 2.
To weaken, as spirit or an acid, by an admixture of water, which renderst the spirit or acid less concentrated. Thus, we dilute spirit, wine or a decoction by adding to it water.3.
To make weak or weaker, as color, by mixture.4.
To weaken; to reduce the strength or standard of; as, to dilute virtue.DILUTE
,Adj.