Definition of degrade

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Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man..

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Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc..
Disennoble :: Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
Disrank :: Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank.
Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..
Villanize :: Villanize (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to revile.
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..
Unphilosophize :: Unphilosophize (v. t.) To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Self-degradation :: Self-degradation (n.) The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded..
Disgraduate :: Disgraduate (v. t.) To degrade; to reduce in rank.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To degrade.
Diggers :: Diggers (n. pl.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
Utes :: Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians..
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Abject :: Abject (a.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Shame :: Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace..
Bestialize :: Bestialize (v. t.) To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize..
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