DEGENERATE   

DISAPPEAR through CHANGE into what is MORE BAD.
Hypernym
  • DISAPPEAR　BECOME LACKING:absent. (anc: 15/0, child: 1)
  • BECOME　BEGIN to BE something. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • BEGIN　ENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 450

    ABORIRI est esse suum alter quam orsum fuit ordiri, ideoque amittere, aut in aliud mutare.

    Tres eijus gradus 1. avelli ab origine sua. Aberrare. 2. et per id deformari. 3. et dehinc sine usu esse; Dumque nemini curae est, interire.

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