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ABASE

\ɐbˈe͡ɪs], \ɐbˈe‍ɪs], \ɐ_b_ˈeɪ_s]\

Definitions of ABASE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To humble or degrade; to take away self-pride; to cast down, as in rank or office; to dishonor.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To cast down: to humble: to degrade.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make low or lowly; lower, as in rank; humble.
Abasement.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To humble; to degrade.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To bring low; to degrade; to cast down.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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