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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.

Degenerateness :: Degenerateness (n.) Degeneracy.

Derogate :: Derogate (v. i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate..

Degeneracy :: Degeneracy (a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.

Degener :: Degener (v. i.) To degenerate.

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated.

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..

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..

Degenerated :: Degenerated (imp. & p. p.) of Degenerat.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Pseudo-hyperthophic :: Pseudo-hyperthophic (a.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat..

Degenerate :: Degenerate (v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Cachaemia :: Cachaemia (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

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..

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..

Depravation :: Depravation (n.) The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.

Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Degenerative :: Degenerative (a.) Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

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