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wors⋅en
[wur-suh
n] 
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| to make or become worse. |
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| wors·en (wûr'sən) tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens To make or become worse. |
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Worsen
Wors"en\, v. t. 1. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair. It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened. --Southey. 2. To get the better of; to worst. [R.]Worsen
Wors"en\, v. i. To grow or become worse. --De Quincey. Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. --Carlyle.
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Language Translation for : worsen
Spanish:
empeorar,
German:
(sich) verschlechtern,
Japanese:
悪化する
worsen (v.)
"to make worse," O.E. wyrsian, from the root of worse (q.v.). The refl. sense of "to get worse, become worse off" first attested 1795 and elevated into literary use c.1800-30, where formerly worse (v.) had served.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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