Meaning deteriorate
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deteriorate1640s (as a past participle adjective, 1570s), from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse, make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner, [..]
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deteriorateto wear away or become lower in quality.
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deterioratebecome worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" devolve: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degen [..]
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deterioratev. To grow worse.
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deteriorate(v) become worse or disintegrate(v) grow worse
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deteriorate
(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
''to deteriorate the mind''
* Southey
*: The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone exce [..]
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