Bible Dictionaries
Deteriorate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

(2):

(v. t.) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Deteriorate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/deteriorate.html. 1828.