What is to become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge called?
attenuate — To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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