- (v.i.) To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth or character; to degenerate.
- (v.i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
- (v.t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.
- (n.) Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded.
- (v.t.) To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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