Dilute

v. t.	1.	To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
a.	1.	Diluted; thin; weak. A dilute and waterish exposition. - Hopkins.

Verb	1.	dilute - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" Synonyms: thin, thin out, reduce, cut
	2.	dilute - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" Synonyms: adulterate, debase, stretch
Adj.	1.	dilute - reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid" Synonyms: diluted

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