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Word entry · 6 letters

dilute

Best crossword clue

"Make weaker"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /daɪˈljuːt/Part of speech verb, adjectiveSorted deiltuStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2I3L4U5T6E

Definitions

  1. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Word origin

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Used in a sentence

  • Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
  • For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great.
  • “Stay a little.” “Not another second: language and discussion dilute thought; I will say no more.”

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