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Declinable
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| decline (dɪˈklaɪn) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to refuse to do or accept (something), esp politely |
| 2. | (intr) to grow smaller; diminish: demand has declined over the years |
| 3. | to slope or cause to slope downwards |
| 4. | (intr) to deteriorate gradually, as in quality, health, or character |
| 5. | grammar Compare conjugate to state or list the inflections of (a noun, adjective, or pronoun), or (of a noun, adjective, or pronoun) to be inflected for number, case, or gender |
| —n | |
| 6. | gradual deterioration or loss |
| 7. | a movement downwards or towards something smaller; diminution |
| 8. | a downward slope; declivity |
| 9. | archaic any slowly progressive disease, such as tuberculosis |
| [C14: from Old French decliner to inflect, turn away, sink, from Latin dēclīnāre to bend away, inflect grammatically] | |
| de'clinable | |
| —adj | |
| de'cliner | |
| —n | |
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