DETERIORATED

Verb

deteriorated

simple past tense and past participle of deteriorate

Source: Wiktionary


DETERIORATE

De*te"ri*o*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deteriorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deteriorating.] Etym: [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.]

Definition: 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.

De*te"ri*o*rate, v. i.

Definition: To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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