degrade
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- Rhymes: -eɪd
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to degrade (third-person singular simple present degrades, present participle degrading, simple past and past participle degraded)
- (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- (intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
- The DNA sample has degraded.
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