Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dilute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. i.
To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilute \Di*lute"\, a. [L. dilutus, p. p.]
Diluted; thin; weak.
A dilute and waterish exposition. --Hopkins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilute \Di*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diluted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Diluting}.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away,
dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave.
See {Lave}, and cf. {Deluge}.]
1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with
something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current,
and dilute it more. --Blackmore.
2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by
mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to
temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by
the mixture of any adventitious light. --Sir I.
Newton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dilute
adj : reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity;
"diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic
acid" [syn: {diluted}] [ant: {undiluted}]
v 1: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut
bourbon" [syn: {thin}, {thin out}, {reduce}, {cut}]
2: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance; often by replacing valuable
ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn:
{adulterate}, {stretch}, {debase}]
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