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worsement
worsement (ˈwɜːsmənt) [f. worse v. + -ment, after betterment. Cf. worsenment.] Deterioration and depreciation of real property caused by the action of persons outside without the owner's consent.1884 Ld. Salisbury in 1st Rept. Royal Commiss. Housing Working Classes Q. 13690 If you charge for betterm... Oxford English Dictionary
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worserment
ˈworserment [f. worser a. or v. + -ment, after betterment.] = worsement.1890 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/5 What, if we may coin so barbarous a term, may be called the avoidance of ‘worserment’. 1902 C. G. Harper Holyhead Road I. 93 They received no compensation for this ‘worserment’ which must have practic... Oxford English Dictionary
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worsenment
ˈworsenment [f. worsen v. + -ment.] Occas. used in preference to worsement as a more analogical form.1894 Westm. Gaz. 26 July 2/1 The word, we suppose, ought to be ‘worsenment’, for while the verb of better is ‘to better’, the verb of worse is ‘to worsen’. 1905 J. M. Robertson Chamberlain ix. 43 Whe... Oxford English Dictionary
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worsen
▪ I. worsen, v. (ˈwɜːs(ə)n) [f. worse a. + -en5 1. Cf. lessen v. The word is common in dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.) and was reintroduced to literature c 1800–1830 (by writers like Southey and De Quincey) as a racy vernacular substitute for deteriorate and the like.] 1. trans. To make worse; to imp... Oxford English Dictionary
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