DECAY - Definiția din dicționar
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De*cay" (?), v. i.
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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men
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De*cay", v. t. 1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]
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Infirmity, that
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2. To destroy. [Obs.]
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De*cay", n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
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Perhaps my God, though he be far before,
May turn, and take me by the hand, and more --
May strengthen my
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His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual
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Which has caused the
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2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]
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3. Cause of decay. [R.]
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He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the
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