degenerate
verb (used without object)
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Instead of amendment in the other world, all the associations, now that the good are evolved, will be degenerating and down.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage