degraded (verb)
1degrade — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French degrader, from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de + gradus step, grade more at grade Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to lower in grade, rank, or status ; demote …
2degrade — verb /dɪˈɡɹeɪd,diˈɡɹeɪd/ a) To lower in value or social position. Fred degrades himself by his behaviour. b) To reduce in quality or purity. The DNA sample has degraded …
3degenerate — verb (i) /dəˈdʒɛnəreɪt / (say duh jenuhrayt) (degenerated, degenerating) 1. to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. 2. Biology to revert to a less highly organised or simpler type. –adjective /dəˈdʒɛnərət / (say duh… …
4attaint — Verb: To pass sentence of attainder. Adjective: Under sentence of attainder. Convicted of high treason or felony; stained and degraded by conviction of a capital offense; deprived of all civil rights and capacities. Noun: An ancient writ employed …
5Kambojas — The Kambojas were a Kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in ( post Vedic ) Sanskrit and Pali literature, making their first appearance in the Mahabharata and contemporary Vedanga literature (roughly from the 7th century BCE).… …
6degenerate — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English degenerat, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare to degenerate, from de + gener , genus race, kind more at kin Date: 15th century 1. a. having declined or become less specialized (as in… …
7HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
8Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …
9List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …
10degrade — UK [dɪˈɡreɪd] / US verb Word forms degrade : present tense I/you/we/they degrade he/she/it degrades present participle degrading past tense degraded past participle degraded 1) [transitive] to treat someone in a way that makes them stop… …
