Definition of degrade

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Degrade (v. t.) To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer..

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Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base..
Unmitre :: Unmitre (v. t.) To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.
Undeify :: Undeify (v. t.) To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god.
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.
Voodooism :: Voodooism (n.) A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism..
Disgrade :: Disgrade (v. t.) To degrade.
Disgraduate :: Disgraduate (v. t.) To degrade; to reduce in rank.
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga..
Disennoble :: Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Disbase :: Disbase (v. t.) To debase or degrade.
Derogate :: Derogate (n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation..
Slum :: Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives..
Diggers :: Diggers (n. pl.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
Deposer :: Deposer (n.) One who deposes or degrades from office.
Degraded :: Degraded (a.) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts..
Disparage :: Disparage (v. t.) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
Beast :: Beast (n.) Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow..
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