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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1533
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Attenuat, .-ate, p.p. [e.m.E. attenuat (1530), L. attenuātus.] Made thin or weak. —1531 Bell. Boece I. 278 (we ar attenuat and brokin be tyranny); II. 212 (his body grew so attennat and leine). 1533 Id. Livy I. 174/22 (sa attenuate and febill).
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