Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-TE'RI-O-RATE
DE-TE'RI-O-RATEDE-TE'RI-O-RA-TED
DE-TE'RI-O-RATE, v.t.
To make worse; to reduce in quality; as, to deteriorate a race of men or their condition. – Hayley. Paley.
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