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Etymology

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FromLatindīlūtus, fromdīluere(“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), fromdī-,dis-(“away, apart”) +luere(“to wash”). Seelave, and comparedeluge.

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Verb

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dilute (third-person singular simple presentdilutes,present participlediluting,simple past and past participlediluted)

  1. (transitive) To makethinner by addingsolvent to asolution, especially by addingwater.
    Antonyms:condense,concentrate
    • 1712,Richard Blackmore,Creation: A Philosophical Poem:
      Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, anddilute it more.
  2. (transitive) Toweaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
    Synonyms:abase,dash,sophisticate;see alsoThesaurus:adulterate
    • 1704,I[saac] N[ewton], “[The First Book of Opticks. Part I.] ”, inOpticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to theRoyal Society, […],→OCLC,page36:
      For if these Colours bediluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great.
    • 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XXXIII, inErlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character‎[1], volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co.,page336:
      “Stay a little.”
      “Not another second: language and discussiondilute thought; I will say no more.”
    • 1980 August 30, Jil Clark, quoting Jane, “Gays Talk About Registration and the Draft”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:
      It's healthy to have people in the military who would perhaps rather be somewhere else; they candilute the more gung-ho military types.
  3. (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  4. (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, orweak.
    Itdilutes easily.

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Translations

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to add more of a solvent to a solution; especially to add more water
to weaken
stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares

Adjective

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dilute (comparativemoredilute,superlativemostdilute)

  1. Having a lowconcentration.
    Clean the panel with adilute, neutral cleaner.
  2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution;diluted.
  3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
    adilute calico
    a cat with adilute tortoiseshell coat

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Translations

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having a low concentration
weak
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Noun

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dilute (pluraldilutes)

  1. Ananimal having a lighter-colouredcoat than is usual.
    • 2000, Joe Stahlkuppe,American Pit Bull Terrier Handbook, page131:
      On average, blues and otherdilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in thedilutes.

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Latin

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Participle

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dīlūte

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofdīlūtus
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