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degenerate
English
Etymology
From Latin d?gener?tus, perfect passive participle of d?gener? (“to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality”), from d?gener (“inferior to one’s predecessors”), from d?- (“off, away from”) +? genus (“birth, descent”); see genus.
Analyzable as de- +? generate
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /d??d??n???t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /d??d??n??e?t/
Adjective
degenerate (comparative more degenerate, superlative most degenerate)
- (of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
- faint-hearted and degenerate king
- (of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Verses on St. Patrick's Well
- As you grew more degenerate and base, I sent you millions of the croaking race
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Verses on St. Patrick's Well
- (of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
- The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.
- (mathematics, of an eigenvalue) Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.
- (physics) Having the same quantum energy level.
Derived terms
- (physics) degenerate matter
Translations
Noun
degenerate (plural degenerates)
- One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
- In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.
Translations
Verb
degenerate (third-person singular simple present degenerates, present participle degenerating, simple past and past participle degenerated)
- (intransitive) To lose good or desirable qualities.
- His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
- 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
- (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
Derived terms
- degeneration
Translations
References
Further reading
- degenerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- degenerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Adjective
degenerate
- feminine plural of degenerato
Noun
degenerate f
- plural of degenerata
Verb
degenerate
- inflection of degenerare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
degenerate
- feminine plural of degenerato
Latin
Verb
d?gener?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?gener?
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generate
English
Etymology
From Latin gener?tus, perfect passive participle of gener? (“beget, procreate, produce”), from genus (“a kind, race, family”); see genus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d??n.?.?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??n.?.e?t/
Verb
generate (third-person singular simple present generates, present participle generating, simple past and past participle generated)
- (transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
- (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
- (transitive) To procreate, beget.
- (transitive, mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
- (intransitive) To appear or occur; be generated.
- 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers
- Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.
- 1883, Thomas Hardy, The Three Strangers
Synonyms
- (to bring into being): create, spawn
Antonyms
- (to bring into being): annihilate, degenerate, extinguish
- (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process): erase
Derived terms
- regenerate
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- generate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- generate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- green tea, renegate, teen-ager, teenager
Italian
Verb
generate
- second-person plural present of generare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of generare
- second-person plural imperative of generare
- feminine plural past participle of generare
Anagrams
- argentee, reagente
Latin
Participle
gener?te
- vocative masculine singular of gener?tus
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