abase

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassiāre (“to lower”)), from a- (prefix indicating movement towards something) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). The spelling of the English word has been influenced by base, thus ostensibly analyzable as a- (“towards”) +‎ base. There exist verb cognates in galloromance languages such as Catalan abaixar (“lower; abase”) and Occitan abaissar, and similar word construction in other romance languages as Spanish abajo (“down, downstairs; below”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪs Homophone: abaisse === Verb === abase (third-person singular simple present abases, present participle abasing, simple past and past participle abased) (transitive) 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. [from c. 1350–1470] Synonyms: degrade, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, sink; see also Thesaurus:demean Antonyms: aggrandise, dignify, elevate, exalt, extol, honor, promote, raise, uplift; see also Thesaurus:aggrandize (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470] Synonyms: bring down, lower, reduce; see also Thesaurus:diminish (transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. [from mid 16th – mid 18th c.] Synonyms: adulterate, debauch, degrade, devalue, downgrade; see also Thesaurus:adulterate, Thesaurus:debase ==== Derived terms ==== abasedly abasement abaser ==== Related terms ==== abash ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== base === References === === Further reading === abase (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abase”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “abase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Ido == === Etymology === From abas +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈba.se/ === Interjection === abase down with == Scots == === Verb === abase alternative form of abuise === References === “abase, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.