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degener meaning in English

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degener [(gen.), degeneris] adjective

degeneradjective
[UK: ˈde.ɡi.nə(r)] [US: ˈde.ɡi.nər]

degenerate / baseadjective

ignoble, unworthy, untrue, contemptibleadjective

inferior to ancestorsadjective

soft / weakadjective

softenedadjective
[UK: ˈsɒf.n̩d] [US: ˈsɒf.n̩d]

degenero [degenerare, degeneravi, degeneratus] (1st) INTRANS
verb

be inferior to ancestors / unworthyverb

degenerate / revert (breeding)verb

degeneroverb

deteriorate / declineverb

fall away from / below the levelverb

lower oneselfverb
[UK: ˈləʊ.ə(r) wʌn.ˈself] [US: ˈloʊ.r̩ wʌn.ˈself]

degenero [degenerare, degeneravi, degeneratus] (1st) TRANS
verb

be unworthy (of), fall short of the standard set byverb

cause deterioration inverb

degeneratio [degenerationis] (3rd) F
noun

degeneration [degenerations]noun
[UK: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩]