Posted on 08/12/2003 5:23:18 AM PDT by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....
attenuate \at*ten*u*ate\, verb; adjective
attenuating, attenuates, attenuated; intransitive verb
attenuation; noun
1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.
2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attentuated the fever's effect.
3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.
4. Biology: To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.
5. Electronics.: To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.
6. To become thin, weak, or fine.
7. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.
8. Botany: Gradually tapering to a slender point.
We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. --Sir F. Palgrave
Etymology: [Latin attenu re, attenu t- : ad-, ad- + tenu re, to make thin (from tenuis, thin. See ten- in Indo-European Roots).]
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Then.. she gets human food treats. She has now discovered the "prep" corner.
If I am at the counter cutting things up or doing whatever, she squeezes her head between my knees and looks up at me, obviously hoping I will drop something for her! LOL
But no human food til the doggy food is gone, not that Fuzz Butt has a problem with eating.
(gasp, gasp, pant, pant) /hissy fit over
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I hope one day that there will be a drug which will attenuate Terry McAwful's mouth.
There is such a drug, it's called Preperation H.
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Here's the Thermos, watch some of the kiddies, they're hyper lately.
Baby Girl lived to be 20. I fed her Kibbles and Bits and Bits and Bits until they were to much effort for her, then I made her Rice-a-roni until the end.
She LOVED potatoes!! :-)
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Sorry I've been late, I spent the morning in the DMV, watching my vast patience level attentuate to as brittle an emotion as pencil lead in the hands of a 5 year old.
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