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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I think most dictionaries would do this, requiring you to look up the stem word. For what it's worth, this is the entry for decrepitude" in the full Oxford English Dictionary:
The state or condition of being decrepit; a state of feebleness and decay, esp. that due to old age.
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It actually just occurred to me that I can get dictionaries from sources other than amazon and they work great! I got merriam websters and collins and sure enough, they define the stem word directly. I guess it's a shortcoming of oxford's.