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Definition of: dilute
(di·l
t′, dī-) v.t. ·lut·ed, ·lut·ing
1. To make weaker or more fluid by admixture.
2. To weaken; to reduce the intensity, strength, or purity of (a color, drug, etc.) by admixture.
—adjective (also dī′lt, -lyt) Weak; diluted. [<L dilulus, pp. of diluere <dis- away + luere wash]
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