ex-tenuō āvī, ātus, āre, to make small, reduce, diminish: aer 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.