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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DILUTED, pp. Made liquid; rendered more fluid; weakened, made thin, as liquids.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" [syn: diluted, dilute] [ant: undiluted]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Diluted Di*lut"ed, a. Reduced in strength; thin; weak. -- Di*lut"ed*ly, adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

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