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degrow

verb

Etymology

From de- + grow.

  1. derived from *gʰreh₁-✻ — “to grow, become green”
  2. inherited from *grōaną✻ — “to grow, grow green”
  3. inherited from *grōan✻
  4. inherited from grōwan — “to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”
  5. inherited from growen
  6. prefixed as degrow — “de + grow”

Definitions

  1. To become smaller

    To become smaller; to shrink.

    • They can eat vast amounts when times are good, and can even ‘degrow’ when food is scarce, consuming their own body mass very slowly, with no ill-effects.
    • Essentially, this meant that the markets were expecting the company to degrow and its economic performance to deteriorate.

  2. To make (something) smaller, to reduce.

    • It seems likely that wealthy countries in Western Europe and North America need to degrow their economies before establishing a steady state.

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