- wyrsian
- wv/i2 to get worse
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wyrsian
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Worse — Worse, v. t. [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.] To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See {Worst}, v. [1913 Webster] Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worsen — (v.) to make worse, O.E. wyrsian, from the root of WORSE (Cf. worse). The reflexive sense of to get worse, become worse off first attested 1795 and elevated into literary use c.1800 30, where formerly worse (v.) had served. Related: Worsened;… … Etymology dictionary
