English-Thai Dictionary

extenuate

VT ลดน้อยลง (ความผิด  ข้อผิดพลาด  บรรเทาเบาบาง  diminish lessen reduce lod-noi-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTENUATE

v.t.[L. extenuo; ex and tenuo, to make thin. ] 1. To make thin, lean or slender. Sickness extenuates the body.
2. To lessen; to diminish; as a crime or guilt.
But fortune there extenuates the crime.
3. To lessen in representation; to palliate; opposed to aggravate.
4. To lessen or diminish in honor. [Little used. ]
5. To make thin or rare; opposed to condense. [Little used. ]

 

EXTENUATE

a.Thin; slender. [Not used. ]

 

EXTENUATED

pp. Made thin, lean or slender; made smaller; lessened; diminished; palliated; made rare.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTENUATE

Ex *ten "u *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extenuated (); p. pr. & vb. n.Extenuating ().] Etym: [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.

 

EXTENUATE

EXTENUATE Ex *ten "u *ate, v. i.

 

Defn: To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

 

EXTENUATE

Ex *ten "u *ate, a. Etym: [L. extenuatus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Thin; slender. [Obs. ] Huloet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extenuate

ex ten u ate |ikˈstenyo͞oˌāt ɪkˈstɛnjəweɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. as adj. extenuating ) make (guilt or an offense ) seem less serious or more forgivable: there were extenuating circumstances that caused me to say the things I did. 2 (usu. as adj. extenuated ) literary make (someone ) thin: drawings of extenuated figures. DERIVATIVES ex ten u a tion |ikˌstenyo͞oˈāSHən |noun, ex ten u a to ry |-əˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘make thin, emaciate ’): from Latin extenuat- ‘made thin, ’ from the verb extenuare (based on tenuis ‘thin ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

extenuate

extenuate |ɪkˈstɛnjʊeɪt, ɛk- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (as adj. extenuating ) (of a factor or situation ) acting in mitigation to lessen the seriousness of guilt or an offence: hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances . 2 (usu. as adj. extenuated ) literary make (someone ) thin: drawings of extenuated figures. DERIVATIVES extenuation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, extenuatory |-jʊət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘make thin ’): from Latin extenuat- ‘made thin ’, from the verb extenuare (based on tenuis ‘thin ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extenuate

extenuate verb rare I've no wish to extenuate his transgressions: excuse, mitigate, palliate, make allowances for, make excuses for, defend, vindicate, justify; diminish, lessen, moderate, qualify, play down.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extenuate

extenuate verb rare I've no wish to extenuate his transgressions. See excuse (sense 2 of the verb ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extenuate

ex ten u ate /ɪksténjuèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠(情状酌量して )〈罪 過失など 〉を軽く見る, 軽減する ; 〈事情が 〉〈罪 過失など 〉を軽く見せる, …の言い訳となる ▸ Nothing can extenuate his misconduct .どう見ても彼の不品行には情状酌量の余地がない