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deteriorate (iou) and supine(1) (iou)


deteriorate (iou)



deteriorate verb. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ate (earlier), -ated. L16.
[Late Latin deteriorat- pa. ppl stem of deteriorare, from deterior worse: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Make worse; lower in character or excellence. L16.
H. L. Mencken The accompanying hooey pollutes and deteriorates their mind.
verb intrans. Become worse; become impaired in quality or value; degenerate. L17.
D. Adams What had started out as excellent Entertainment had..deteriorated into mere Abuse. P. Rose His Health deteriorated so badly that the East India Company gave him a medical leave.
deteriorative adjective causing or tending to deterioration E19.
deteriorator noun M19.

supine(1) (iou)



supine adjective. LME.
[Latin supinus, from base of super above, superus higher: see -INE1.]
Facing upwards; lying face upwards or on the back; spec. (of the hand or forelimb) with the palm upwards and the radius and ulna parallel. Later also loosely, lying flat. LME.
Sir T. Browne They buried their dead on their backs, or in a supine position. R. Church I lay supine in the grasses..staring up vertically.
fig. Morally or mentally inactive; inert, indolent; passive. E17.
Shelley The supine slaves Of blind authority. Field The supine way we English have of letting things slide.
supinely adverb in a supine position or manner (chiefly fig.) E17.
supineness noun (a) supine behaviour or state of mind, inertness; (b) rare supine position or posture: E17.
supinity noun = supineness M16-M18.