Definition of degrade

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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..

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Disgraduate :: Disgraduate (v. t.) To degrade; to reduce in rank.
Uncardinal :: Uncardinal (v. t.) To degrade from the cardinalship.
Shame :: Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace..
Degrade :: 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..
Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Samoyedes :: Samoyedes (n. pl.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Disbase :: Disbase (v. t.) To debase or degrade.
Lessen :: Lessen (a.) To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Disparage :: Disparage (v. t.) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin..
Disennoble :: Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
Imbrute :: Imbrute (v. t.) To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal.
Vilify :: Vilify (v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base..
Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Vilify :: Vilify (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
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