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De - Pt| English Dictionary: deteriorated | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\, 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. | |
