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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degenerate.

"He accepted the burdens of the presidency at a time when the economy was in danger of degenerating from a recession into a depression and assumed complete responsibility of a cynical, disillusioned country under the most unenviable of circumstances."

immoral   

exalted   

degenerated    degenerates    degenerating   

degenerate form   

degenerated    degenerating    degenerate matter    degeneration   

deteriorated    degraded    unworthy    base    low    deteriorate    debased    retrograded    decadent    decline   

cogenerate    generate    regenerate    venerate   

corrupt    deprave    degrade    cowardly    diseased    contemptible    worthless    selfish    barbarous    tyrannical