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<hw>De*te"ri*o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deteriorated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deteriorating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deterioratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deteriorate</ets> to deteriorate, fr. <ets>deterior</ets> worse, prob. a comparative fr. <ets>de</ets> down, away.]</ety> <def>To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; <as>as, to <ex>deteriorate</ex> the mind</as>.</def>

<i>Whately.</i>

<blockquote>The art of war . . . was greatly <b>deteriorated</b>. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Deteriorate</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*te"ri*o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.</def>

<blockquote>Under such conditions, the mind rapidly <b>deteriorates</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deterioration</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*te`ri*o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deterioratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82t\'82rioration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.</def>

<h1>Deteriority</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*te`ri*or"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deterior</ets> worse. See <er>Deteriorate</er>.]</ety> <def>Worse state or quality; inferiority.</def> "The <i>deteriority</i> of the diet." <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Determent</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Deter</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of deterring; also, that which deters.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Determinability</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter`mi*na*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being determinable; determinableness.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Determinable</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>determinabilis</ets> finite. See <er>Determine</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion.</def>

<blockquote>Not wholly <b>determinable</b> from the grammatical use of the words. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Determinableness</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter"mi*na*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Capability of being determined; determinability.</def>

<h1>Determinacy</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter"mi*na*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Determinateness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Determinant</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*ter"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>determinans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>determinare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82terminant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to determine or limit; determinative.</def>

<h1>Determinant</h1> <Xpage=401>