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Abase Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abase
(a.)
To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
(a.)
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
(a.)
To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
(a.)
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
| WordNet 2.0 |
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Verb
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) humiliation, abasement
Verb
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) humiliation, abasement
| hEnglish - advanced version |
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\a*base"\ (&adot;*bās"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. abased (&adot;*bāst"); p. pr. & vb. n. abasing.] [f. abaisser, ll. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. see base, a.]
1. to lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [archaic] saying so, he abased his lance.
2. to cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. iv. ll.
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\a*base"\ (&adot;*bās"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. abased (&adot;*bāst"); p. pr. & vb. n. abasing.] [f. abaisser, ll. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. see base, a.]
1. to lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [archaic] saying so, he abased his lance.
2. to cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. iv. ll.
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To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
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| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Gostyngu
Gostyngu = v. to lower, to abase
Gostyngu = v. to lower, to abase
Gystyngu
Gystyngu = v. to lower, to abase
Isau
Isau = v. to lower, to abase
Iselu
Iselu = v. to abase, to depress
Abase Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abase
Abase is an early 1970s text-based computer game for BASIC designed by People's Computer Company similar to the game Number. In the game Abase, one chooses a base from 2 to 10 and guesses a number the computer has chosen in that base. The game appeared on page 4 of the book What to Do After You Hit Return or P.C.C.'s First Book of Computer Games.
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