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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.

The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very

degraded

condition.

Motley.

(Biol.)

Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.

Some families of plants are

degraded

dicotyledons.

Dana.

[Cf. F.

degré

step.]

(Her.)

Having steps; – said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; – termed also on degrees.

pp.

Reduced in rank; deprived of an office or dignity; lowered; sunk; reduced in estimation or value.