intransitive. To fall morally; to degenerate; to fall into sin, apostasy, etc.
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degenerate [verb (intransitive)] (19) afallOE intransitive. To fall morally; to degenerate; to fall into sin, apostasy, etc. fallOE intransitive. To descend from a state of moral rectitude, virtue, or grace. Frequently spec. with reference to the Fall of Man (see fall, n.2 5b)… out of kinda1375 In a debased, deformed, or unnatural condition. In later use: (of fresh produce) out of season. Cf. later in kind at phrases 1c. Obsolete. degender1539 intransitive. To degenerate. Chiefly with from or to. degenerate1553 intransitive. To lose, or become deficient in, the qualities proper to the race or kind; to fall away… of persons. decline1604 figurative. To fall morally or in dignity, to sink (to evil courses, etc., or to an unworthy object). (Now only literary, and after Shakespeare.) Subcategories:— suffer moral or spiritual ruin (1) — become like a brute (4) — become corrupt (8) |
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