abase
Pronunciation:
/əˈbeɪs//əˈbeɪs/verb
Definitions
To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
Example: to abase the eye
To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.