ex-tenuō āvī, ātus, āre,
to make small, reduce, diminish: aër extenuatus, rarefied: in aquas, O.: mediam aciem, L.: extenuatā acie, S. — Fig., to diminish, lessen, weaken, extenuate, detract from: laudes verbis: cuiusque censūs: molestias: famam belli, L.: vires, H.