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tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Verb"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Verb</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Synonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Synonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Antonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Antonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Related_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Related terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Ido"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ido</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Etymology_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Pronunciation_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Interjection"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Interjection</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Scots"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Scots</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Verb_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Verb</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#References_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="was-wotd floatright" style="padding-right: 1em"><span title="This was a Wiktionary Word of the Day"><small><i><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2018/September#22" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2018/September">WOTD – 22 September 2018</a></i></small></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Late <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/abaishen#Middle_English" title="abaishen">abaishen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/abashen#Middle_English" title="abashen">abashen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/abaisse#Middle_English" title="abaisse">abaisse</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=abassen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abassen (page does not exist)">abassen</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/abesse#Middle_English" title="abesse">abesse</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=abessen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abessen (page does not exist)">abessen</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French" class="extiw" title="w:Middle French">Middle French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="frm"><a href="/wiki/abaisser#Middle_French" title="abaisser">abaisser</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/abaissier#Old_French" title="abaissier">abaissier</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=abessier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abessier (page does not exist)">abessier</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (also compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/esbahir#Old_French" title="esbahir">esbahir</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to amaze</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbassiare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="abbassiare (page does not exist)">abbassiāre</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to lower</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/a-#Old_French" title="a-">a-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">prefix indicating movement towards something</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ad#Latin" title="ad">ad</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">toward, to</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9d" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éd">*h₂éd</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">at, to</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/baissier#Old_French" title="baissier">baissier</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to lower</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> (from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/bassus#Latin" title="bassus">bassus</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">short of stature, low; base</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, possibly from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="βάσις">βᾰ́σῐς</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">básis</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">foot; base, foundation</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, ultimately from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/g%CA%B7em-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷem-">*gʷem-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to step</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spelling of the English word has been influenced by <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/base#English" title="base">base</a></i>, thus ostensibly analyzable as <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/a-#English" title="a-">a-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">towards</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/base#English" title="base">base</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There exist verb cognates in galloromance languages such as <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language" class="extiw" title="w:Catalan language">Catalan</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/abaixar#Catalan" title="abaixar">abaixar</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">lower; abase</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language" class="extiw" title="w:Occitan language">Occitan</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/abaissar#Occitan" title="abaissar">abaissar</a></i>, and similar word construction in other romance languages as <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language">Spanish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/abajo#Spanish" title="abajo">abajo</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">down, downstairs; below</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/əˈbeɪs/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-us-abase.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-abase.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-abase.ogg/En-us-abase.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-abase.ogg" title="File:en-us-abase.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Canadian English">Canada</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-ca-abase.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-ca-abase.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/En-ca-abase.ogg/En-ca-abase.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-ca-abase.ogg" title="File:en-ca-abase.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="3" data-mwtitle="en-au-abase.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/En-au-abase.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/En-au-abase.ogg/En-au-abase.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-abase.ogg" title="File:en-au-abase.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/e%C9%AAs" title="Rhymes:English/eɪs"><span class="IPA">-eɪs</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abaisse#English" title="abaisse">abaisse</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">abase</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abases#English" title="abases">abases</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abasing#English" title="abasing">abasing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abased#English" title="abased">abased</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/lower#Verb" title="lower">lower</a>, as in <a href="/wiki/condition#Noun" title="condition">condition</a> in <a href="/wiki/life" title="life">life</a>, <a href="/wiki/office" title="office">office</a>, <a href="/wiki/rank#Noun" title="rank">rank</a>, etc., so as to <a href="/wiki/cause#Verb" title="cause">cause</a> <a href="/wiki/pain#Noun" title="pain">pain</a> or <a href="/wiki/hurt#Verb" title="hurt">hurt</a> <a href="/wiki/feelings" title="feelings">feelings</a>; to <a href="/wiki/degrade" title="degrade">degrade</a>, to <a href="/wiki/depress" title="depress">depress</a>, to <a href="/wiki/humble#Verb" title="humble">humble</a>, to <a href="/wiki/humiliate" title="humiliate">humiliate</a>. <span class="defdate">[from c. 1350–1470]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1611</b></span>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Imprinted at London by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="printer to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a></small>, <span class="None" lang="und"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" class="extiw" title="w:Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/Bible1611/Binder1#page/n1303/mode/1up">14:11</a></span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For whoſoeuer exalteth himſelfe ſhalbe <b>abaſed</b>: and hee that humbleth himſelfe, ſhalbe exalted.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1657</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_(Puritan)" class="extiw" title="w:John Ball (Puritan)">John Ball</a>, “By Faith a True Believer may be Certain and Infallibly Assured of the Remission of His Sins and Eternal Salvation”, in <cite>A Treatise of Faith: Divided into Two Parts: The First Shewing the Nature, the Second, the Life of Faith.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Both Tending to Direct the Weak Christian how He may Possesse the Whole Word of God as His Owne, Overcome Temptations, Better His Obedience, and Live Comfortably in All Estates.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, 3rd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for Edward Brewster,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/951968144">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xSxYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106">page <span class="None" lang="und">106</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Our adverſaries object againe, that by praying that Chriſts merits may be made ours in particular, we greatly <b>abaſe</b> them. As though the Prophet <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David" class="extiw" title="w:David">David</a></i> did <b>abaſe</b> God in making him his in particular, ſaying, <i>the Lord is my rock, my fortreſſe, my God, and my ſtrength, my ſhield, the horne of my ſalvation, and my refuge</i>: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1868</b></span> December, <span class="None" lang="und">T. W.</span>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi" class="extiw" title="w:Laozi">Lao-Tzu</a>. <span class="Hani" lang="cmn">老子</span>: A Study in Chinese Philosophy.”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Recorder_and_Missionary_Journal" class="extiw" title="w:Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal">The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal</a></cite>, volume I, number 8, Foochow: Printed by Rozario, Marçal & Co., <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/974475719">→OCLC</a></small>, chapter VI (Politics), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=u8kWAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA8">page <span class="None" lang="und">158</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">When a large kingdom <b>abases</b> itself to a small principality, it acquires that principality, and when a small state <b>abases</b> itself to a large one, it obtains service (or protection) under the large one. It is for this purpose that the small state submits, and the large kingdom annexes the small states for the purpose of uniting and maintaining the people.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To lower <a href="/wiki/physically" title="physically">physically</a>; to <a href="/wiki/depress" title="depress">depress</a>; to <a href="/wiki/cast#Verb" title="cast">cast</a> or <a href="/wiki/throw#Verb" title="throw">throw</a> down; to <a href="/wiki/stoop#Verb" title="stoop">stoop</a>. <span class="defdate">[from c. 1350–1470]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example collocation"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">to <b>abase</b> the eye</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1590</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser" class="extiw" title="w:Edmund Spenser">Edmund Spenser</a>, “Book II, Canto II”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene" class="extiw" title="w:The Faerie Queene">The Faerie Queene.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Disposed into Twelue Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:John Wolfe (printer)">John Wolfe</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:William Ponsonby (publisher)">William Ponsonbie</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/960102938">→OCLC</a></small>, stanza 32, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/faeriequeenedispo00spen/page/214/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">214</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Her gracious words their rancour did appall, / And ſuncke ſo deepe into their boyling breſts, / That downe they lett their cruel weapons fall, / And lowly did <b>abaſe</b> their lofty creſts, / To her faire preſence, and diſcrete beheſts.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1612–1620</b></span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" class="extiw" title="w:Miguel de Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a>], “Of that which Befell to Our Knight, after He had Departed from the Inne”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shelton_(translator)" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Shelton (translator)">Thomas Shelton</a>, transl., <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" class="extiw" title="w:Don Quixote">The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Translated out of the Spanish.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stansby" class="extiw" title="w:William Stansby">William Stansby</a>, for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a> and W. Barret, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/84747867">→OCLC</a></small>, part 1, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dgCNj8Bo1e8C&pg=PA30">page <span class="None" lang="und">30</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[A]ll of you together ſhall pay for the great blaſphemy thou haſt ſpoken againſt ſo immenſe a beautie, as is that of my Miſtreſſe. And ſaying ſo, he <b>abaſed</b> his <a href="/wiki/lance#English" title="lance">Launce</a> againſt him that had anſwered with ſuch furie and anger, as if good fortune had not ſo ordayned it, that <i>Rozinante</i> ſhould ſtumble, and fal in the midst of the Carrier, it had gone very ill with the bold Merchant.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To lower in <a href="/wiki/value#Noun" title="value">value</a>, in particular by <a href="/wiki/alter" title="alter">altering</a> the <a href="/wiki/content#Noun" title="content">content</a> of <a href="/wiki/alloy#Noun" title="alloy">alloys</a> in <a href="/wiki/coin#Noun" title="coin">coins</a>; to <a href="/wiki/debase" title="debase">debase</a>. <span class="defdate">[from mid 16th – mid 18th c.]</span><sup id="cite_ref-SOED_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOED-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1629</b> February 12, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Donne" class="extiw" title="w:John Donne">John Donne</a>, “Sermon CXXXVI. A Lent Sermon Preached to the King, at Whitehall, February 12, 1629”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Alford" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Alford">Henry Alford</a>, editor, <cite>The Works of John Donne, D.D., Dean of St. Paul’s, 1621–1631. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="With a Memoir of His Life. By Henry Alford, M.A. [...]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> In Six Volumes</cite>, volume V, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Parker" class="extiw" title="w:John William Parker">John W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Parker</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="West Strand">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1839</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/23805845">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ENQOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA450">page <span class="None" lang="und">450</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Though in the nature thereof, that with which a purer metal is mixed, be not base; yet, it <b>abases</b> the purer metal. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [T]hough silver be a precious metal, yet it <b>abases</b> gold. Grace, and peace, and faith, are precious parts of our treasure here; yet, if we mingle them, that is, compare them with the joys, and glory of heaven; <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> we <b>abase</b>, and over-alloy these joys, and that glory.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1840</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Ruding" class="extiw" title="w:Rogers Ruding">Rogers Ruding</a>, “Elizabeth”, in <cite>Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and Its Dependencies; from the Earliest Period of Authentic History to the Reign of Victoria</cite>, 3rd corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for John Hearne,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="81, Strand">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, by Manning and Mason,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Ivy Lane, Paternoster-Row.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/317419051">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1hDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA341">page <span class="None" lang="und">341</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[H]er majesty [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="extiw" title="w:Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a>] let them all to understand, that she never intended (God's grace assisting her) to leese the fruit of so famous an act, by <b>abasing</b> the coin of the realm, which she found to be for the more part copper, and had now recovered it to be as fine, or rather finer, sterling silver, than ever it was in the realm by the space of two hundred years or more; a matter worth marking and memory.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/degrade#English" title="degrade">degrade</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/demean#English" title="demean">demean</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/depress#English" title="depress">depress</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/discredit#English" title="discredit">discredit</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/disgrace#English" title="disgrace">disgrace</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dishonor#English" title="dishonor">dishonor</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/humble#English" title="humble">humble</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/humiliate#English" title="humiliate">humiliate</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sink#English" title="sink">sink</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to lower physically</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bring_down#English" title="bring down">bring down</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lower#English" title="lower">lower</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reduce#English" title="reduce">reduce</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to lower in value</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/downgrade#English" title="downgrade">downgrade</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/aggrandise#English" title="aggrandise">aggrandise</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dignify#English" title="dignify">dignify</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/elevate#English" title="elevate">elevate</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/exalt#English" title="exalt">exalt</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/extol#English" title="extol">extol</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/honor#English" title="honor">honor</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/promote#English" title="promote">promote</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/raise#English" title="raise">raise</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/uplift#English" title="uplift">uplift</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abasedly#English" title="abasedly">abasedly</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abasement#English" title="abasement">abasement</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abaser#English" title="abaser">abaser</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/abash#English" title="abash">abash</a></span></li></ul> <div class="derivedterms CategoryTreeTag" data-ct-options="{"mode":20,"hideprefix":10,"showcount":true,"namespaces":false,"notranslations":false}"><div class="CategoryTreeSection"><div class="CategoryTreeItem"><span class="CategoryTreeBullet"><a class="CategoryTreeToggle" data-ct-title="English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*gʷem-" aria-expanded="false"></a> </span> <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*g%CA%B7em-" title="Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-">English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-</a></bdi> <span title="Contains 0 subcategories, 50 pages, and 0 files" dir="ltr">(0 c, 50 e)</span></div><div class="CategoryTreeChildren" style="display:none"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_lower_so_as_to_cause_pain_or_hurt_feelings"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B0%D9%84#Arabic" title="ذل">ذَلّ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ḏall</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Egyptian Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="arz"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B0%D9%84#Egyptian_Arabic" title="ذل">ذل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="arz-Latn" class="tr Latn">zall</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="унижавам (page does not exist)">унижа́вам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:унижавам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">unižávam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="понижавам (page does not exist)">понижа́вам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:понижавам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">ponižávam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/humiliar#Catalan" title="humiliar">humiliar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/humiliar" class="extiw" title="ca:humiliar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E7%BE%9E%E8%BE%B1#Mandarin" title="羞辱">羞辱</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%BE%9E%E8%BE%B1" class="extiw" title="zh:羞辱">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">xiūrǔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B2%B6%E4%BD%8E#Mandarin" title="貶低">貶低</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B4%AC%E4%BD%8E#Mandarin" title="贬低">贬低</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B6%E4%BD%8E" class="extiw" title="zh:貶低">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biǎndī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/pon%C3%AD%C5%BEit#Czech" title="ponížit">ponížit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/poko%C5%99it#Czech" title="pokořit">pokořit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ydmyge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ydmyge (page does not exist)">ydmyge</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/vernederen#Dutch" title="vernederen">vernederen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vernederen" class="extiw" title="nl:vernederen">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/kleineren#Dutch" title="kleineren">kleineren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kleineren" class="extiw" title="nl:kleineren">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/alentaa#Finnish" title="alentaa">alentaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/alentaa" class="extiw" title="fi:alentaa">(fi)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">in rank</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>; <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/n%C3%B6yryytt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="nöyryyttää">nöyryyttää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/n%C3%B6yryytt%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:nöyryyttää">(fi)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to hurt</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/baisser#French" title="baisser">baisser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/baisser" class="extiw" title="fr:baisser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/abaisser#French" title="abaisser">abaisser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abaisser" class="extiw" title="fr:abaisser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/rabaisser#French" title="rabaisser">rabaisser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/rabaisser" class="extiw" title="fr:rabaisser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/humilier#French" title="humilier">humilier</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/humilier" class="extiw" title="fr:humilier">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/rebaixar#Galician" title="rebaixar">rebaixar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebaixar" class="extiw" title="gl:rebaixar">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/erniedrigen#German" title="erniedrigen">erniedrigen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/erniedrigen" class="extiw" title="de:erniedrigen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Gothic: <span class="Goth" lang="got"><a href="/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B7%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%BE%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD#Gothic" title="𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽">𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="got-Latn" class="tr Latn"><a href="/wiki/haunjan#Gothic" title="haunjan">haunjan</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B6%CF%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="εξευτελίζω (page does not exist)">εξευτελίζω</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B6%CF%89" class="extiw" title="el:εξευτελίζω">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">exeftelízo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/au%C3%B0m%C3%BDkja#Icelandic" title="auðmýkja">auðmýkja</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/ni%C3%B0url%C3%A6gja#Icelandic" title="niðurlægja">niðurlægja</a></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/abasar#Ido" title="abasar">abasar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/abasar" class="extiw" title="io:abasar">(io)</a></span></li> <li>Interlingua: <span class="Latn" lang="ia"><a href="/wiki/abassar#Interlingua" title="abassar">abassar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/abassar" class="extiw" title="ia:abassar">(ia)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/uir%C3%ADsligh#Irish" title="uirísligh">uirísligh</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/degradare#Italian" title="degradare">degradare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/degradare" class="extiw" title="it:degradare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/umiliare#Italian" title="umiliare">umiliare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/umiliare" class="extiw" title="it:umiliare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/abbassare#Italian" title="abbassare">abbassare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/abbassare" class="extiw" title="it:abbassare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8D%91%E3%81%97%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="卑しめる">卑しめる</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%91%E3%81%97%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:卑しめる">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">iyashimeru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E8%B2%B6%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="貶める">貶める</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B2%B6%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:貶める">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">otoshimeru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E6%A0%BC%E4%B8%8B%E3%81%92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="格下げ (page does not exist)">格下げする</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E4%B8%8B%E3%81%92" class="extiw" title="ja:格下げ">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">kakusage suru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8D%91%E4%B8%8B#Japanese" title="卑下">卑下する</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%91%E4%B8%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:卑下">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">hige suru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%82%AE%EC%B6%94%EB%8B%A4#Korean" title="낮추다">낮추다</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%82%AE%EC%B6%94%EB%8B%A4" class="extiw" title="ko:낮추다">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">natchuda</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="понизува (page does not exist)">пони́зува</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ponízuva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Manx: <span class="Latn" lang="gv"><a href="/wiki/injillee#Manx" title="injillee">injillee</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakap%C4%81paku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakapāpaku (page does not exist)">whakapāpaku</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fornedre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fornedre (page does not exist)">fornedre</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/ydmyke#Norwegian" title="ydmyke">ydmyke</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/ydmyke" class="extiw" title="no:ydmyke">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="خود را خوار شمردن (page does not exist)">خود را خوار شمردن</a></span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="خود را کوچک کردن (page does not exist)">خود را کوچک کردن</a></span></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/rebaixar#Portuguese" title="rebaixar">rebaixar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebaixar" class="extiw" title="pt:rebaixar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/humilhar#Portuguese" title="humilhar">humilhar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/humilhar" class="extiw" title="pt:humilhar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/abater#Portuguese" title="abater">abater</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/abater" class="extiw" title="pt:abater">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/abaixar#Portuguese" title="abaixar">abaixar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/abaixar" class="extiw" title="pt:abaixar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/umili#Romanian" title="umili">umili</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/umili" class="extiw" title="ro:umili">(ro)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/%C3%AEnjosi#Romanian" title="înjosi">înjosi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%AEnjosi" class="extiw" title="ro:înjosi">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="унижать">унижа́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:унижать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">unižátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="унизить">уни́зить</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:унизить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">unízitʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Samoan: <span class="Latn" lang="sm"><a href="/wiki/fa%27amaulalo#Samoan" title="fa'amaulalo">fa'amaulalo</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/rebajar#Spanish" title="rebajar">rebajar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebajar" class="extiw" title="es:rebajar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/degradar#Spanish" title="degradar">degradar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/degradar" class="extiw" title="es:degradar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/humillar#Spanish" title="humillar">humillar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/humillar" class="extiw" title="es:humillar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/l%C3%A0m#Vietnamese" title="làm">làm</a> <a href="/wiki/h%E1%BA%A1#Vietnamese" title="hạ">hạ</a> <a href="/wiki/ph%E1%BA%A9m_gi%C3%A1#Vietnamese" title="phẩm giá">phẩm giá</a></span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="vi">làm <a href="/wiki/m%E1%BA%A5t#Vietnamese" title="mất">mất</a> <a href="/wiki/th%E1%BB%83_di%E1%BB%87n#Vietnamese" title="thể diện">thể diện</a></span></span>, <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/nh%E1%BB%A5c#Vietnamese" title="nhục">làm nhục</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nh%E1%BB%A5c" class="extiw" title="vi:nhục">(vi)</a></span></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=darostwng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="darostwng (page does not exist)">darostwng</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/darostwng" class="extiw" title="cy:darostwng">(cy)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=iselhau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="iselhau (page does not exist)">iselhau</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/iselhau" class="extiw" title="cy:iselhau">(cy)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_lower_physically"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to lower physically</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to lower physically"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Hokkien: <span class="Hani" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E9%99%8D%E4%BD%8E#Hokkien" title="降低">降低</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%99%8D%E4%BD%8E" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:降低">(zh-min-nan)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">kàng-kē</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%99%8D%E4%BD%8E#Mandarin" title="降低">降低</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%99%8D%E4%BD%8E" class="extiw" title="zh:降低">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">jiàngdī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/neerhalen#Dutch" title="neerhalen">neerhalen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/neerhalen" class="extiw" title="nl:neerhalen">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/strijken#Dutch" title="strijken">strijken</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/strijken" class="extiw" title="nl:strijken">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/laskea#Finnish" title="laskea">laskea</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/laskea" class="extiw" title="fi:laskea">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/alentaa#Finnish" title="alentaa">alentaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/alentaa" class="extiw" title="fi:alentaa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/abbassare#Italian" title="abbassare">abbassare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/abbassare" class="extiw" title="it:abbassare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E3%81%92%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="下げる">下げる</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E3%81%92%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:下げる">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">sageru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakap%C4%81paku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakapāpaku (page does not exist)">whakapāpaku</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/base#English" title="base">base</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED22">abaishen, <i>v.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span>, retrieved <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-05-28">28 May 2018</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), <i>Chambers Dictionary of Etymology</i> (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0550142304" title="Special:BookSources/0550142304">→ISBN</a>), page 2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SOED-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_3-1">3.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_3-2">3.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-SOED_3-3">3.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2002</span>), “abase”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorter_Oxford_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary">The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles</a></cite>, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860457-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-860457-0">→ISBN</a></small>, page 2.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/https://www.lexico.com/definition/abase">abase</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/abase" title="w:abase"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/15px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/23px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/30px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/abase" class="extiw" title="w:abase">abase (disambiguation)</a></b> on Wikipedia.<span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/abase" class="extiw" title="w:abase">Wikipedia </a></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://triggs.djvu.org/century-dictionary.com/nph-chw.php?query=abase&type=dicts">abase</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Abase">abase</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ido">Ido</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Ido"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/abas#Ido" title="abas">abas</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/-e#Ido:_adverb" title="-e">-e</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Ido phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/aˈba.se/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="io">abase</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/down_with#English" title="down with">down with</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_2">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">abase</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/abuise#Scots" title="abuise">abuise</a></i></span></span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1898</b></span>, <cite>Border Magazine</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="sco">Mr Wellwood had never been known “tae <b>abase</b> puir folks' bairns.”</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">Mr Wellwood had never been known “to <b>abuse</b> poor people's children.”</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abase&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" 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hreflang="fr" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="abase" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/abase" title="abase – Vietnamese" lang="vi" 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