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Indeed, the operation of an attenuant is not easily known; for many are surprised that a slight inflammation should be so difficult to dissipate.

With respect to its being an attenuative of viscid humours, it can never possess this virtue from being a diluent, for an attenuant acts specially on the particles, by diminishing their bulk, while the diluent acts upon the whole mass of the fluid.

In this only lies the difference between the old word fermentation, and the new word attenuation, every thing used as a ferment, or to promote fermentation, is attenuant.

Antonyms: See lazy. dillydally, v. dawdle, dally, fritter, trifle, loiter. dillydallying, n. dawdling, loitering, trifling, dalliance. dilute, v. attenuate, thin, weaken, reduce. diluter, n. diluent, attenuant. dilution, n. attenuation, thinning, reduction. dim, a. obscure, indistinct, faint, sullied, blurred.

Associated words: attenuant, diluent. thin-skinned, a. leptodermic; sensitive, impressible, irritable. third, a. tertiary. thirst, n. dryness, aridity, drought.