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(1):

(v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

(3):

(a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Degenerate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/degenerate.html. 1828.
 
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