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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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