See Also: WORSE(medicine)
worse(2)(dictionary)
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worse 1, adjective(dictionary)
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worse 3, adverb(dictionary)

worse(2) (iou)



worse verb. Long non-standard.
[Old English wyrsian, from wyrsa: see WORSE adjective, noun, & adverb.]
verb intrans. = WORSEN 2. OE-M19.
verb trans. & refl. = WORSEN 1, 3. ME.
A. Trollope Them as goes away to better themselves, often worses themselves.