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Abased

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In heraldry, the same as abaissé.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Lowered; humbled.
  • adjective. Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of abase.
  • Word Usage
    "My heritage was such that begging was abhorrent to me, yet I did beg in his name and abased myself many times over."
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    humbled  lowered  
    verb-stem
    abase