Definition of degrade

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Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down..

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Abject :: Abject (a.) Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts..
Disrank :: Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank.
Deposer :: Deposer (n.) One who deposes or degrades from office.
Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
Degrade :: Degrade (v. i.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera..
Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Diggers :: Diggers (n. pl.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
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..
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.
Unphilosophize :: Unphilosophize (v. t.) To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
Demissionary :: Demissionary (a.) Tending to lower, depress, or degrade..
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..
Degenerate :: Degenerate (a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low..
Disgrade :: Disgrade (v. t.) To degrade.
Abject :: Abject (a.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase..
Negritos :: Negritos (n. pl.) A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads..
Linguatulina :: Linguatulina (n. pl.) An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida..
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Shame :: Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace..
Vilify :: Vilify (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
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