extenuate

[Ex*ten·u*ate]

Thin; slender.

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To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

Verb
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

v. t.
To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

v. t.
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

v. t.
To lower or degrade; to detract from.

v. i.
To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

a.
Thin; slender.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extenuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity.] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail.

2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

But fortune there extenuates the crime.

Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality.

3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]

Who can extenuate thee?

Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate, v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate , a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. [Obs.] Huloet.

To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

Thin; slender.

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