| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To demean, humiliate or mortify.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To contemn or despise. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To belittle, debase, depreciate, cheapen or undervalue. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To abate, reduce, decrease, diminish or lessen. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To scorn or disdain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To destroy, demolish or ruin. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To abbreviate or curtail. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To disparage or derogate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To shrink or recede.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb abase.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (abase) | 1. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.[Wordnet]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: abasing, abased, abases, abaser, abasers, abasingly and abasedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "ABASING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1584. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABASING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Humbling, depressing, bringing low.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of abase. (references) | ||
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