Decay
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From Old French decair (“‘to fall away, decay, decline’”) < Medieval Latin *decadere, restored form of Latin decidere (“‘to fall away, fail, sink, perish’”) < de (“‘down’”) + cadere (“‘to fall’”); cf. decadent and decadence.
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- Rhymes: -eɪ
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- The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
- A deterioration of condition.
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process or result of being gradually decomposed
deterioration of condition
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- To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- To rot, to go bad.
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deteriorate
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rot
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- Decay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Decay in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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