Degenerates

2de;gen;er;ate pronunciation: function: verb date: 1545intransitive verb 1 : to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition : deteriorate2 : to sink into a low intellectual or moral state3 : to decline in quality lt;the poetry gradually degenerates into jinglesgt;4 : to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed5 : to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form lt;degenerated into dependent parasitesgt;transitive verb : to cause to degenerate