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Deteriorate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith.