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Worsen
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair. It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened. Southey.
2. To get the better of; to worst. [R.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To grow or become worse. De Quincey. Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. Carlyle.