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Rareabased
The correct spelling is abased.
How to pronounce abased
verb
IPA: /əˈbeɪst/
Say it like: Aba-sed
The correct spelling is abased. 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”
Meanings
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.
adjective
- 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.
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