Definition of abase Abase
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What does abase mean?
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| abase - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" | ||
| humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble | ||
| spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to | ||
| demolish, crush, smash defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" | ||
| demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- abase (a.)
To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. - abase (a.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To lower in level (rank, office, etc). (Re. Military)
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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a-bās′, v.t. to cast down: to humble: to degrade.—adjs. Abā′sed, Abaissé (her.), depressed.—n. Abase′ment, state of humiliation. [O. Fr. abaissier, to bring low—L. ad, to, and root of Base, adj.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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An old word signifying to lower a flag or sail. Abaisser is in use in the French marine, and both may be derived from the still older abeigh. Abase literally means to cast down, to humble.
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🔤- abase, verb, present, 1st person singular of abase (infinitive).
- abase, verb (infinitive).
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