About The Word Abase

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Abase

Abase Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Abase?
[v] cause to fee shame; hurt the pride of
Synonyms | Synonyms for Abase: chagrin | humble | humiliate | mortify Related Terms | Find terms related to Abase: abash | bring down | bring low | bump | bust | cast down | cower | cringe | crush | debase | degrade | demean | demote | deplume | diminish | disgrade | displume | downgrade | dump | dump on | fawn | grovel | humble | humiliate | lower | put down | reduce | set down | sink | strip of rank | take down | toady | trip up | truckle See Also | bruise | crush | degrade | demean | demolish | disgrace | hurt | injure | offend | put down | spite | wound Abase In Webster's Dictionary \A*base"\ ([.a]*b[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abased}
([.a]*b[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abasing}.] [F. abaisser,
LL. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. See
{Base}, a.]
1. To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase
the eye. [Archaic] --Bacon.
Saying so, he abased his lance. --Shelton.
2. To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office,
condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to
depress; to humble; to degrade.
Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. --Luke
xiv. ll.
Syn: To {Abase}, {Debase}, {Degrade}. These words agree in
the idea of bringing down from a higher to a lower
state. Abase has reference to a bringing down in
condition or feelings; as, to abase the proud, to abase
one's self before God. Debase has reference to the
bringing down of a thing in purity, or making it base.
It is, therefore, always used in a bad sense, as, to
debase the coin of the kingdom, to debase the mind by
vicious indulgence, to debase one's style by coarse or
vulgar expressions. Degrade has reference to a bringing
down from some higher grade or from some standard. Thus,
a priest is degraded from the clerical office. When used
in a moral sense, it denotes a bringing down in
character and just estimation; as, degraded by
intemperance, a degrading employment, etc. ``Art is
degraded when it is regarded only as a trade.''
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