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ABASING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
abase yourself to make yourself seem to be less important or to not deserve respect SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Humiliating and degrading.
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ABASING Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words
1. as in degrading to lower in character, dignity, or quality was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit.
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Abase - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
abase ; crush, demolish, smash. humiliate or depress completely ; degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
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abasing
▪ I. abasing, vbl. n. (əˈbeɪsɪŋ) [f. abase v. + -ing1.] The action of lowering or depressing, a. physically. b. in mind or feeling. c. of debasing or depreciating the currency (obs.). Now mostly gerundial.1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 298 The inestimable loss it [England] suffered by the ...
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Abasing - Websters Dictionary 1828
ABA'SING, participle present tense Humbling, depressing, bringing low. Websters Dictionary 1828. SITEMAP. Home · Preface · History · Quotations. INFORMATION ...
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ABASE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ABASE is to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem. How to use abase in a sentence.
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abashing
abashing, vbl. n. (əˈbæʃɪŋ) Also 4 abasshyng; and in Northern writers, 5– abaysing, abaisyng, abasing; not to be confounded with abasing. [f. abash v. + -ing1.] The act of confounding, or putting to dismay; the state of confusion, dismay, or astonishment; abashment. Now mostly gerundial.c 1374 Chauc...
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self-abasing, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective self-abasing is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for self-abasing is from 1642, in the writing ...
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abasing, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective abasing. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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ABASE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
verb (used with object). abased, abasing. to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade. Synonyms: belittle, debase ...
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"ABASING": Humbling or degrading someone or oneself - OneLook
(transitive) 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.
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KJV Dictionary Definition: abase - AV1611.com
The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or humiliation. abasing. ABA'SING, ppr. Humbling, depressing, bringing low.
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Pierre Charron
The belief that what God sends is all good, and that all the bad is from ourselves is the abasing of humanity and the exalting of God.
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self-abasing
self-aˈbasing, ppl. a. [self- 1 f.] Marked by, involving, or requiring self-abasement.1656 Owen Mortif. Sin xii. (1668) 128 This self-abasing Consideration. 1793 Cowper Let. to J. Johnson Wks. 1837 XV. 253 The self-abasing doctrines of the gospel. 1822 Jas. MacDonald Mem. Jos. Benson 330 Their joyfu...
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In the Night (ballet)
George Balanchine did not like In the Night, as Jowitt put it, "he couldn't bear to see one abasing herself before a man."
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