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Definition of deteriorate

Deteriorate
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.
Deteriorate
Deteriorate De*te"ri*o*rate, v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. --Goldsmith.

Meaning of deteriorate from wikipedia

- Look up deteriorate or deterioration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deterioration may refer to: Worsening of health Physical wear Decadence (disambiguation)...
- Die deterioration doubling (DDD) is a common form of mint-made error on many United States and Canadian coins that results from degradation of the die...
- Deterioration modeling is the process of modeling and predicting the physical conditions of equipment, structures, infrastructure or any other physical...
- The 'ten agents of deterioration' are a conceptual framework developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) used to categorise the major causes...
- removed from the ground, or separated from its parent plant, it begins to deteriorate. Postharvest treatment largely determines final quality, whether a crop...
- psychologist Richard Lynn, notably in his 1996 book Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Po****tions, which argued that a reduction in selection pressures...
- Cognitive impairment is an inclusive term to describe any characteristic that acts as a barrier to the cognition process or different areas of cognition...
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- Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction...
- The physical health of tangible ****ets deteriorate over time. As a result, ****et managers use deterioration modeling to predict the ****ure conditions...