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The correct spelling is abase.
How to pronounce abase
/əˈbeɪs/
verbIPA: /əˈbeɪs/
Say it like: Aba-se
The correct spelling is abase. 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. For example: "to abase the eye"
Usage Examples
“to abase the eye”
Definition
verb
- 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.
- 3.To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
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