† aˈbasure Obs.
[f. abase v. + -ure; of Eng. formation, after words like eras-ure, seiz-ure.]
The action of abasing; the condition of being abased; humiliation.
| 1653 Manton Ep. James ii. 1 Wks. 1871 IV. 181 They offered injury and contumely to them, because of their outward abasure and despicableness. 1671 J. Flavel Fount. of Life xix. 55 And it was no small Abasure of Christ to bind himself to the Law as a Subject made under. |