Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to degenerate
Participle: degenerated
Gerund: degenerating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | degenerate |
| you | degenerate |
| he;she;it | degenerates |
| we | degenerate |
| you | degenerate |
| they | degenerate |
Perfect
| I | have degenerated |
| you | have degenerated |
| he;she;it | has degenerated |
| we | have degenerated |
| you | have degenerated |
| they | have degenerated |
Past
| I | degenerated |
| you | degenerated |
| he;she;it | degenerated |
| we | degenerated |
| you | degenerated |
| they | degenerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had degenerated |
| you | had degenerated |
| he;she;it | had degenerated |
| we | had degenerated |
| you | had degenerated |
| they | had degenerated |
Future
| I | will degenerate |
| you | will degenerate |
| he;she;it | will degenerate |
| we | will degenerate |
| you | will degenerate |
| they | will degenerate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have degenerated |
| you | will have degenerated |
| he;she;it | will have degenerated |
| we | will have degenerated |
| you | will have degenerated |
| they | will have degenerated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | degenerate |
| you | degenerate |
| he;she;it | degenerate |
| we | degenerate |
| you | degenerate |
| they | degenerate |
Perfect
| I | have degenerated |
| you | have degenerated |
| he;she;it | have degenerated |
| we | have degenerated |
| you | have degenerated |
| they | have degenerated |
Imperfect
| I | degenerated |
| you | degenerated |
| he;she;it | degenerated |
| we | degenerated |
| you | degenerated |
| they | degenerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had degenerated |
| you | had degenerated |
| he;she;it | had degenerated |
| we | had degenerated |
| you | had degenerated |
| they | had degenerated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would degenerate |
| you | would degenerate |
| he;she;it | would degenerate |
| we | would degenerate |
| you | would degenerate |
| they | would degenerate |
Perfect
| I | would have degenerated |
| you | would have degenerated |
| he;she;it | would have degenerated |
| we | would have degenerated |
| you | would have degenerated |
| they | would have degenerated |
Imperative
| you | degenerate |
| we | Let's degenerate |
| you | degenerate |
Verbs conjugated like 'degenerate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'degenerate'
regenerate,
cogenerate,
decelerate,
defederate,
deonerate,
detenebrate,
generate,
ingenerate,
pregenerate,
congenerate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to become worse
- break down, decline, deteriorate, devolve, fade, fall off, go bad, go downhill, go off, go to hell, go to pot, go to seed, go to the dogs, lapse, molder, retrograde, shrivel, suffer, worsen, wane, wither
- worsen
- decay, lessen, decrease
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin degenerō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare Italian degenerare, French dégénérer (and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, degener). By surface analysis, de- + generate. See: Italian '
degenerare', French '
dégénérer'.
Verbs referencing "degenerate"
Ido degenerar, Finnish with old forms
degeneroida.
Sample Sentences
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His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.
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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. [1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170:]
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The haploid ovum is now called an ootid (Fig. 8—7). The second polar body degenerates, sometimes dividing before it dies. [1991, Richard E. Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 181:]
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Cumaratunga was so furious that he intensified his campaign for revitalizing the traditional practices of asweddumization, so that neglected arable land could be rehabilitated, and a degenerating economy restructured and rejuvenated. [1992, Alavattāgoḍa Pēmadāsa, Cumaratunga, the Unknown: Hidden Facets of His Scientific Profile, page 115:]