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Meaning of abased

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

abased

Pronunciation:/əˈbeɪst/

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

    Example: to abase the eye

  3. To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.

  2. Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.