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Webster 1913 Edition
Worsen
Wors′en
,Verb.
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.]
Wors′en
,Verb.
I.
To grow or become worse.
De Quincey.
Indifferent health, which seemed rather to
worsen
than improve. Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Worsen
WORSEN
,Verb.
T.