DETERIORATE
\dɪtˈi͡əɹi͡əɹˌe͡ɪt], \dɪtˈiəɹiəɹˌeɪt], \d_ɪ_t_ˈiə_ɹ_iə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DETERIORATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
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To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
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To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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