"pejorate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin peiōrāt-, the participle stem of peiorō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”).",
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      "form": "pejorated",
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          "ref": "1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Lord Advocate Prestongrange”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 49:",
          "text": "You do not appear to me to recognize the gravity of your situation, or you would be more careful not to pejorate the same by words which glance upon the purity of justice.",
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        "To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen."
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          "become",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen."
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        {
          "word": "pejoration"
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        {
          "word": "pejorative"
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          "word": "pejorist"
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  "word": "pejorate"
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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "pejorating",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "pejorated",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "pejorated",
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