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21abase — abasement, n. abaser, n. /euh bays /, v.t., abased, abasing. 1. to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. 2. Archaic, to lower; put or bring down: He abased his head. [1470 80; A 5 + BASE2; r. late ME… …
22abase — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
23abase — parabase …
24abase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humble (See abash); demean, degrade; dishonor; cast down. See humility, servility. Ant., uplift, exalt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. humiliate, humble, debase; see humble . See Synonym Study at humble …
25abase — a·base || É™ beɪs v. degrade, humiliate, belittle …
26abase — v. a. 1. Depress, detrude, lower, reduce, drop, sink, stoop, cast down, let down, throw down, let fall. 2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, debase, bring low, take down …
27abase — v 1. degrade, debase, vitiate, demean, discredit, demote, depose; devaluate, reduce, lower, depress; humiliate, humble, mortify, bring low, take down, bring or take down a peg. 2. disgrace, dishonor, shame; slander, calumniate, asperse, denigrate …
28abase — a•base [[t]əˈbeɪs[/t]] v. t. a•based, a•bas•ing to lower in rank, dignity, or estimation; humble; humiliate; degrade • Etymology: 1470–80; ME < AF abesser, abaisser, OF abaissier=a a + baissier < VL *bassiare, v. der. of LL bassus; see base …
29abase — v.tr. & refl. humiliate or degrade (another person or oneself). Derivatives: abasement n. Etymology: ME f. OF abaissier (as A (3), baissier to lower ult. f. LL bassus short of stature): infl. by BASE(2) …
30abase oneself — v. mortify oneself, humiliate oneself …
