Abase

English

Etymology

From Old French abaissier, from a- + baissier (“‘to lower’”), from Late Latin bassus (“‘short’”).

Pronunciation

• UK: IPA: /əˈbeɪs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

Infinitive to Abase

Third person singular abas

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Abase (third-person singular simple present abas, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.

   "Saying so, he abased his lance." - Thomas Shelton

2. To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of worthiness, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.

   "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased." - Luke 14:11

Synonyms

• debase
• degrade

Antonyms

• promote

Derived terms

• abasedly
• abasement
• abaser

Translations

to lower so as to hurt feelings

Bulgarian: унижавам, понижавам bg(bg) Danish: ydmyge Dutch: vernederen nl(nl) Finnish: alentaa fi(fi), nöyryyttää fi(fi) French: baisser fr(fr), abaisser fr(fr), rabaisser fr(fr), humilier fr(fr) German: erniedrigen de(de) Greek: εξευτελίζω el(el) Icelandic: auðmýkja, niðurlægja Ido: abasar Interlingua: abassar

Japanese: 貶める(おとしめる, otoshimeru) Lojban: tolnolri'a Macedonian: понизува (ponizuva) Norwegian: fornedre, ydmyke Persian: خود را خوار شمردن, خود را کوچک کردن Portuguese: rebaixar, humilhar, abater, abaixar Spanish: rebajar es(es) Vietnamese: làm hạ phẩm giá, làm mất thể diện, làm nhục Welsh: darostwng, iselhau

References

• Abase in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Abase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - left s

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