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Word: abase (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Verb:

  • archaic To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to ''abase'' the eye.
  • To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of worthiness, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.

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