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Definition of dilute : 1. Diluted; thin; weak.
2. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
3. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
4. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

Synonyms:

load up, subvert, cut off, debauch, subdue, slew, charge, cut down, tighten, abridge, curve, profane, strong, rationalize, concentrate, adulterate, quash, ignore, slue, load, sheer, scale down, top-slice, burn, cut back, weakened, elongate, foreshorten, melt off, debase, shorten, aerated, vitiate, corrupt, boil down, unfold, trend, polluted, slim down, soft, contaminated, repress, deoxidize, weak, switch off, tailor, turn out, alloy, demoralize, pervert, mute, chip away, watery, tainted, disregard, trim down, chlorinated, weaken, white, moderate, veer, come down, subjugate, skip, minimize, demoralise, lose weight, erode, brackish, laden, write out, trim back, stretch out, alloyed, rolling, slim, stretch, rationalise, shrivel, decoct, misdirect, deprave, boiling, lade, swerve, geld, abbreviate, bring down, make out, saline, shrink, flowing, keep down, trim, prune, contract, hack, stretch along, hard, deoxidise, slenderize, edit out, halve, turn off, edit, diluted, thin out, decrease, washy, lower, thinned, adulterated, lessen, extend, subside, issue, snub

cut, attenuate, thin, reduce

Usage examples:

• The flaccid and cowardly Imperialism, that had already begun to dilute and weaken our national blood, gradually turned aside before the new current which permeated our people. - "A Century of Wrong", F. W. Reitz.
• This should make the stock bottle, and when any is required for use, it is merely necessary to dilute it with a little cold water until the desired consistency is obtained, and to keep it in a small bottle, well corked, for use. - "The Book of Household Management", Mrs. Isabella Beeton.
• Again, the energy of a solution does not always follow the strength; very dilute solutions occasionally exercise a specific power not possessed in any degree by stronger. - "Logic, Inductive and Deductive", William Minto.