degenerate
verb (used without object)
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.
undegenerate
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a word derived from
degenerate.
Example Sentences
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The events of the last few years have shown that our countrymen are as yet an undegenerate race.
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
The word "undegenerate," which is introduced only as an epithet, is the real predicate of the sentence.
From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous
Men whose undegenerate spirit Has been proved on field and flood, By the foes you 've fought uncounted, By the glorious deeds ye 've done, Trophies captured, breaches mounted, Navies conquer'd, kingdoms won.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
As for Thucydides, his knowledge of men, the fruit of patient experience deepened by disappointment, is felt behind every line of his book, as one descries it in the features of his undegenerate descendant Venizelos.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone
The first woman was heaven-born: vast was the heart whence gushed the well-spring of the blood of nations; and grand the undegenerate head where rested the consort-crown of creation.'…
From The Three Brontës by May Sinclair
