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Definition of decay

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Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

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Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing..

Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..

Bog :: Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Fade :: Fade (a.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant..

Nitrocalcite :: Nitrocalcite (n.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter..

Incorruptive :: Incorruptive (a.) Incorruptible; not liable to decay.

Twaddle :: Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle..

Durable :: Durable (a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness..

Decay :: Decay (v. t.) To destroy.

Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..

Fog :: Fog (n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

Decadent :: Decadent (a.) Decaying; deteriorating.

Inoxidize :: Inoxidize (v. i.) To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes..

Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction..

Marcescible :: Marcescible (a.) Li/ble to wither or decay.

Stale :: Stale (v. i.) Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.

Neuridin :: Neuridin (n.) a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc..

Hollow-hearted :: Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.