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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decayed}; p. pr & vb n. {Decaying}.] [OF. decaeir dechaer decheoir F. d['e]choir, to decline fall, become less L. de- + cadere to fall. See {Chance}.] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away to decline to fail to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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