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abase

/əˈbeɪs/
verb

  1. 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.

  2. To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

    "to abase the eye"

  3. To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

Synonymsdowngrade, bring down, lower, reduce, degrade, demean
Antonymsaggrandise, dignify, elevate, exalt, extol, honor

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