abase
verb/əˈbeɪs/
/əˈbeɪs/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they abase | /əˈbeɪs/ /əˈbeɪs/ |
| he / she / it abases | /əˈbeɪsɪz/ /əˈbeɪsɪz/ |
| past simple abased | /əˈbeɪst/ /əˈbeɪst/ |
| past participle abased | /əˈbeɪst/ /əˈbeɪst/ |
| -ing form abasing | /əˈbeɪsɪŋ/ /əˈbeɪsɪŋ/ |
- abase yourself to act in a way that shows that you accept somebody’s power over youWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’, based on late Latin bassus ‘short of stature’. The spelling has been influenced by the adjective base.
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