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That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. (more info) 1. The act or state of growing worse,

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That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. (more info) 1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.

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  • DECAY
    To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay;
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • DEGENERATION
    That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. (more info) 1. The act or state of growing worse,
  • DECAYER
    A causer of decay.
  • INCREASEMENT
    Increase. Bacon.
  • FLOURISHINGLY
    , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
  • EXPANDER
    Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
  • DECADENCE; DECADENCY
    A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.' Sir W. Scott.
  • LUXURIATE
    1. To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. " Corn luxuriates in a better mold." Burton. 2. To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. 3. To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate
  • FLOURISHER
    One who flourishes.
  • DECLENSION
    1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue,
  • DEGENERATIONIST
    A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
  • ENLARGED
    Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.
  • VEGETATE
    To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule. (more info) 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate. See dying vegetables life
  • ENLARGE
    Etym: 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke. 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand;
  • INCREASE
    To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases. Increasing function , a function whose value increases when that of the variable increases, and decreases when the latter is diminished. Syn. -- To enlarge;
  • EXPAND
    To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. (more info) 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
  • INCREASER
    One who, or that, increases.
  • DECAYED
    Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness, n.
  • FLOURISH
    fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See 1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil. Bp. Horne. 2. To be prosperous; to increase
  • REINCREASE
    To increase again.
  • PREDECAY
    Premature decay.
  • WALLERIAN DEGENERATION
    A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.
  • REVEGETATE
    To vegetate anew.
  • REFLOURISH
    To flourish again.

 

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