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attenuare [CL] , to thin, emaciate. b to diminish. c to extenuate (a fault). d to make light of. e (fig.) to fine down. adtenuatus, subtilis GlC A 205; macer ‥ effectus, puta quem ‥ tenuis dieta et noctes insomnes non mediocriter ~averant Gir. GE II 13; to make thinne, ~are, ‥ subtiliare CathA.  b s796 privilegia omnium ecclesiarum que seculo suo genitor [Offa] ~averat ‥ revocavit W. Malm. GR I 94; s1320 †regios [? l. regis] vires adeo ~arunt ut ejus assensu saltem umbratice adhibito ‥ Dispensatores exlegarent Higd. VII 42.  c ignorancia juris in hoc casu non excusat, licet forte ~et Ockham Dial. 683.  d ceteris laudantibus, rex, factum joculariter ~ans, diabolice fortitudini non humane virtuti attribuit W. Malm. GP II 95.  e 1321 eterne sapiencie ‥ altitudo ‥ vicarium reliquit in terris ‥ ut ‥ recreacionis gracia ad principium velud ad cor ~atum, spiritus quociens indigencia hoc exigit, redeant universi FormOx 75.

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