deteriorate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deteriorate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deteriorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deteriorate v become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" Synonym(s): devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate Antonym(s): convalesce, recover, recuperate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deteriorate \Dete"rio*rate\, v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deteriorate \Dete"riorate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deteriorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deteriorating}.] [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate* to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately. The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. --Southey.