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abase

🇬🇧 UK/ә'beis/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To lower someone's rank, status, or dignity; to humiliate or degrade

贬低,羞辱,使谦卑

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
aprefix
+
basebase, foundation, bottom
=abase

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He refused to abase himself before the king.

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