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deˈgenerated, ppl. a. [-ed1.] Fallen from ancestral or original excellence; degenerate.
1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. ii. (1586) 84 Unknowen and degenerated posteritie. 1727De Foe Hist. Appar. iv. (1840) 31 The Devil is..a degenerated, fallen, and evil spirit. 1808Wilford Sacr. Isles in Asiat. Res. VIII. 302 In the present wicked age and degenerated times. |