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Devolve

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

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Verb group 4

Accrue 84% connected

To increase; to augment.

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Accrue 84% connected

To increase; to augment.

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Depute 76% connected

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Manner of action 11

Fade 76% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Languish 76% connected

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Pall 76% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Rot 76% connected

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Weary 76% connected

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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Decadency 74% connected

A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."

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Decadency 74% connected

A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."

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Degeneration 74% connected

The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

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Degeneration 74% connected

The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

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Degenerative 74% connected

Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

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Degenerative 74% connected

Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

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Devolution 74% connected

The act of rolling down.

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Devolution 74% connected

The act of rolling down.

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Devolvement 74% connected

The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

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Devolvement 74% connected

The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

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Synonym 6

Degenerate 92% connected

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deteriorate 92% connected

To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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