Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
E________
Definitions
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Word origin
From Latin extenuātus (“diminished, reduced, thinned”) (more at etymology 1), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Used in a sentence
“It is powerfull in helping extenuat and leane perſons who are troubled with difficultie of drawing their Brath: gives vigour and ſtrength to vithered and debilitat members; […]”
“VVee repreſent Small Sounds as Great and Deepe; Likevviſe Great Sounds, Extenuate and Sharpe; VVee make diuerſe Tremblings and VVarblings of Sounds, vvhich in their Originall are Entire.”
“He the congealed vapors melts againe; / Extenuated into drops of Raine: / VVhich on the thirſtie Earth in ſhovvers diſtill; / And all that life poſſeſſe vvith plenty fill.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues
No curated clues for extenuate yet.