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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated}; p. pr & vb n. {Degenerating}.] 1. To be or grow worse than one's kind or than one was originally; hence to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. --Tillotson. 2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind to become of a lower type
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