[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abase \abase"\ .ab=as", v. t. imp.  p. p. abased
   .ab=ast"; p. pr.  vb. n. abasing. f. abaisser,
   ll. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. see
   base, a.
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   1. to lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase
      the eye. archaic --bacon.
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            saying so, he abased his lance.       --shelton.
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   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.
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            whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. --luke
                                                  xiv. ll.
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   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."
        1913 webster
see also:
abased abasing base abase debase degrade 

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