abase Synonyms & Antonyms
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Abase as a Verb
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.
To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
to abase the eye
To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
Abase in a Sentence
to abase the eye
Word Forms & Grammar
abase (third-person singular simple present abases, present participle abasing, simple past and past participle abased)
Words That Rhyme With Abase
Origin of Abase
From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassiāre (“to lower”)),[1] from a- (prefix indicating movement towards something) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).[2][3] The spelling of the English word has been influenced by base, thus ostensibly analyzable as a- (“towards”) + base.[4] There exist verb cognates in Gallo-Romance languages such as Catalan abaixar (“lower; abase”) and Occitan abaissar, and similar word construction in other romance languages as Spanish abajo (“down, downstairs; below”).
Abase at a Glance
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /əˈbeɪs/ |
| Meaning | To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to… |
| Verb forms | abases, abasing, abased |