ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEGENERATE
From Latin dēgenerāre, from dēgener departing from its kind, ignoble, from de- + genus origin, race.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEGENERATE
PRESENT
Present
I degenerate
you degenerate
he/she/it degenerates
we degenerate
you degenerate
they degenerate
Present continuous
I am degenerating
you are degenerating
he/she/it is degenerating
we are degenerating
you are degenerating
they are degenerating
Present perfect
I have degenerated
you have degenerated
he/she/it has degenerated
we have degenerated
you have degenerated
they have degenerated
Present perfect continuous
I have been degenerating
you have been degenerating
he/she/it has been degenerating
we have been degenerating
you have been degenerating
they have been degenerating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I degenerated
you degenerated
he/she/it degenerated
we degenerated
you degenerated
they degenerated
Past continuous
I was degenerating
you were degenerating
he/she/it was degenerating
we were degenerating
you were degenerating
they were degenerating
Past perfect
I had degenerated
you had degenerated
he/she/it had degenerated
we had degenerated
you had degenerated
they had degenerated
Past perfect continuous
I had been degenerating
you had been degenerating
he/she/it had been degenerating
we had been degenerating
you had been degenerating
they had been degenerating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will degenerate
you will degenerate
he/she/it will degenerate
we will degenerate
you will degenerate
they will degenerate
Future continuous
I will be degenerating
you will be degenerating
he/she/it will be degenerating
we will be degenerating
you will be degenerating
they will be degenerating
Future perfect
I will have degenerated
you will have degenerated
he/she/it will have degenerated
we will have degenerated
you will have degenerated
they will have degenerated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been degenerating
you will have been degenerating
he/she/it will have been degenerating
we will have been degenerating
you will have been degenerating
they will have been degenerating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would degenerate
you would degenerate
he/she/it would degenerate
we would degenerate
you would degenerate
they would degenerate
Conditional continuous
I would be degenerating
you would be degenerating
he/she/it would be degenerating
we would be degenerating
you would be degenerating
they would be degenerating
Conditional perfect
I would have degenerate
you would have degenerate
he/she/it would have degenerate
we would have degenerate
you would have degenerate
they would have degenerate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been degenerating
you would have been degenerating
he/she/it would have been degenerating
we would have been degenerating
you would have been degenerating
they would have been degenerating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you degenerate
we let´s degenerate
you degenerate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
degenerated
Present Participle
degenerating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «DEGENERATE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
degenerate.
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate into an impotent appendage of first one, then another of the competing great powers.
I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls.
While I shared many of the same emotions Bill describes, in no way did my experience ever degenerate into the grimness I find in his book - I didn't have to live with Don, and I think that made a big big difference.
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse.
Anytime you get nine people together, whether it's at a party or it's in the conference room of the Supreme Court, you do have to maintain some order, or it does kind of degenerate into squabbling pretty quickly.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEGENERATE»
Discover the use of
degenerate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
degenerate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Degenerate Parabolic Equations
Evolved from the author's lectures at the University of Bonn's Institut für angewandte Mathematik, this book reviews recent progress toward understanding of the local structure of solutions of degenerate and singular parabolic partial ...
Emmanuele DiBenedetto, 1993
2
Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misbehavior
In this groundbreaking new book, Jones shows how some of the major determining leaders in modern thought and culture have rationalized their own immoral behavior and projected it onto a universal canvas.
3
Degenerate Differential Equations in Banach Spaces
This work presents a detailed study of linear abstract degenerate differential equations, using both the semigroups generated by multivalued (linear) operators and extensions of the operational method from Da Prato and Grisvard.
Angelo Favini, Atsushi Yagi, 1998
4
Nonlinear Potential Theory of
Degenerate Elliptic Equations
This text offers a detailed development of the necessary background for its survey of the nonlinear potential theory of superharmonic functions.
Juha Heinonen, Tero Kilpeläinen, Olli Martio, 2012
5
Degenerate Elliptic Equations
This definition works for systems of equations, for classical pseudo differential operators ("pdo), and for operators on a manifold n.
6
Optimality Conditions: Abnormal and
Degenerate Problems
It is intended mostly for mathematicians and also for all those who are interested in optimiza tion problems. The book may be useful for advanced students, post-graduated students, and researchers. The book consists of four chapters.
7
Degenerate Ring Transformations of Heterocycles
Written by established authorities in the field, the comprehensive reviews combine descriptive chemistry and mechanistic insight to yield an understanding of how the chemistry drives the properties.
8
Differential Geometry of Varieties with
Degenerate Gauss Maps
In this book the authors study the differential geometry of varieties with degenerate Gauss maps.
Maks A. Akivis, Vladislav V. Goldberg, 2004
9
Advances in Chemical Physics, The Role of
Degenerate States ...
A special topics volume on the role of degenerate states in the leading series on chemical physics Edited by Nobel Prize-winner Ilya Prigogine and renowned authority Stuart A. Rice, the Advances in Chemical Physics series provides a forum ...
Michael Baer, Gert Due Billing, 2003
10
Degenerate Stochastic Differential Equations and Hypoellipticity
The book contains an elementary derivation of Malliavin's integration by parts formula, a proof of the probabilistic form of Hormander's theorem, an extension of Hormander's theorem for infinitely degenerate differential operators, and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEGENERATE»
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degenerate is used in the context of the following news items.
FDA Approves Novartis's Heart Failure Drug
Heart failure is a condition in which the patient's heart has lost some of its pumping capacity, and it can degenerate into a situation where ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Phillip Dutfield: Kiddie Porn Collecting Grandpa Dodges Jail Over …
The degenerate grandpa has been thrown in the slammer twice already, for a total of 22 months. But this time, even though he's on his third ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
With Blood on Their Hands, Democrats Suddenly Act Concerned …
The only reason sanctuary cities like San Francisco get away with flagrant lawlessness is because the federal government and its degenerate ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
My anger was at Kibera destruction, forgive me – MP Kuria
Kuria said his main concern was that the youth in his constituency would degenerate to the level of the Kibera youths. “I was worried that ... «Capital FM Kenya, Jul 15»
Something we do everyday may be killing us
We do it at work and at home, it drives up our blood pressure, elevates our cholesterol and causes our bones to soften and degenerate. «WPTV.com, Jul 15»
Albemarle Profile: At 86, Frank Roberts has come full circle
The grave. What I've got is bone degeneration. It's not like cancer where you can cure it. My bones degenerate and once they're done, so am I. «The Daily Advance, Jul 15»
This “No” was only the beginning!
We should not let the NO to be defeated, neither be “stolen”, nor to degenerate to a negotiation paper. The class front, which struggled in the ... «International Viewpoint, Jul 15»
Our past ... our future
Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress in 1783, said, “If the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political ... «Bureau County Republican, Jul 15»
Arabs can't even do atheism right
An Arab atheist is usually a drunk, certainly a degenerate and has definitely nothing to offer. Though some people spend time with them for a ... «Saudi Gazette, Jul 15»
Reviews: Ted 2
On the plus side, the increasingly impressive Seyfried succeeds in holding her own up against the heart-warming Ted'n'John degenerate ... «Bristol24/7, Jul 15»
