Definition of degenerate

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Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate..

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Depravation :: Depravation (n.) The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
Degenerately :: Degenerately (adv.) In a degenerate manner; unworthily.
Chess :: Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus..
Deteriorate :: Deteriorate (v. i.) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Hinderling :: Hinderling (a.) A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal..
Degeneracy :: Degeneracy (a.) The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
Pectostraca :: Pectostraca (n. pl.) A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia..
Degrade :: Degrade (v. i.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera..
Rust :: Rust (v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
Degenerated :: Degenerated (imp. & p. p.) of Degenerat.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate..
Degenerative :: Degenerative (a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low..
Degener :: Degener (v. i.) To degenerate.
Degeneracy :: Degeneracy (a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Poikilocyte :: Poikilocyte (n.) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably a degenerated red blood corpuscle..
Degenerateness :: Degenerateness (n.) Degeneracy.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.
Degenerous :: Degenerous (a.) Degenerate; base.
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