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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extenuate \Ex*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p. pr & vb n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness. His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. --Grew. 2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of to diminish the conception of as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate. But fortune there extenuates the crime. --Dryden. Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. --I. Taylor. 3. To lower or degrade; to detract from [Obs.] Who can extenuate thee? --Milton. Syn: To palliate; to mitigate. See {Palliate}.
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