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humble \hum"ble\ hu^m"b'l; 277, a. compar. humbler
   hu^m"bl~er; superl. humblest hu^m"ble^st. f.,
   fr. l. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
   ground. see homage, and cf. chameleon, humiliate.
   1. near the ground; not high or lofty.
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            thy humble nest built on the ground.  --cowley.
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   2. not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming;
      modest; as, a humble cottage. used to describe objects.
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   3. thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
      self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
      self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
      of god; lowly; weak; modest. used to describe people.
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            god resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
            humble.                               --jas. iv. 6.
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            she should be humble who would please. --prior.
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            without a humble imitation of the divine author of
            our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
            nation.                               --washington.
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   humble plant bot., a species of sensitive plant, of the
      genus mimosa mimosa sensitiva.

   to eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or
      apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
      humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
      entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
      to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. see
      humbles. --halliwell. --thackeray.
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see also:
humbler humblest homage chameleon humiliate humble plant 
mimosa mimosa sensitiva to eat humble pie humbles 

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