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abase
/ əˈbeɪs /
verb
- to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
- to lower or reduce, as in rank or estimation
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Derived Forms
- aˈbasement, noun
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Other Words From
- a·base·ment noun
- a·bas·er noun
- un·a·bas·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abase1
First recorded in 1470–80; a- 5 + base 2; replacing late Middle English abassen, equivalent to a- 5 + bas base 2; replacing Middle English abaissen, abe(i)sen, from Anglo-French abesser, abaisser, Old French abaissier, equivalent to a- a- 5 + -baissier, from (unattested) Vulgar Latin bassiare, verbal derivative of Late Latin bassus; base 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abase1
C15: abessen, from Old French abaissier to make low. See base ²
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Example Sentences
I knew she would treat me with the same indifference, and only feel a wondering contempt that I should so abase myself.
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Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preminence of that monarch of buildings.
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He had a foolish impulse to tear it down and to abase himself with a plea for pardon before the silent beast behind the bars.
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Slavery, for example, is abase thing; but a servile mind in a free man is contemptible.
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Violent language can no longer either exalt or abase any one.
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