v
(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
n
(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
v
(transitive) To treat or regard as abject.
v
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
v
(archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
n
(archaic) Total destruction.
adj
Alternative form of anti-lapse [(law) Of or relating to a statute that abrogates the common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength
v
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To reduce to nothing; annihilate.
v
(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
v
(transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper
n
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension.
n
(obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, ruin.
v
(obsolete) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
v
(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
n
Defeat, overthrow, ruin.
v
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
v
(obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
v
(obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
v
(transitive, geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
n
One who casts down, or dejects.
v
(video games, ergative) (of an entity in the game world) To be instantaneously destroyed or removed.
v
(obsolete) To spend; to squander.
v
(transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To reduce the stress in oneself or another person.
v
(transitive) To distract someone from something.
v
(intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
v
(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
n
The action of disappearing or vanishing.
v
To be distracted (from); used with to.
v
To loose or stop using something.
v
(transitive) To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.
adj
(obsolete) Disappearing, vanishing
v
(intransitive, archaic) To be ruined or lost; to perish.
v
To lower a rate or rating
v
(transitive) To disparage.
adj
moved further down a list, or given the status of something further down a list
v
(transitive, Internet) To vote against, reducing a cumulative tally of popularity.
n
(obsolete) A struggling out of any difficulty.
v
(archaic, transitive) To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate.
v
(archaic) to belittle, to denigrate; to weaken; to lessen.
v
To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.
v
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland, law) To render null and void.
n
(economics) The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.
n
Total removal or erasure.
v
(transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.
v
(transitive) To send to oblivion; to destroy or eliminate.
n
The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.
v
To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish.
v
(neologism) To demote or devalue something.
n
the phenomenon of podcasts disappearing after a relatively short time
n
(obsolete) The act of deeming less important or of a lower rank.
v
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
v
(transitive, intransitive, nonstandard) To make or become slow
v
(transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
v
(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
v
(transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone).
n
The act or process by which something is undermined.
v
(transitive, nonce word) To take the gladness from.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To put out of mind; clear the mind.
v
(intransitive) To become less lively or enthusiastic.
n
The act or process of vanishing; disappearance.
v
(rare, obsolete) To lessen the quality of; to degenerate.
n
(uncountable) The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
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