November 12, 2007
abase
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DEFINITION: (verb) Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
SYNONYMS: chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify.
USAGE: Today she overwhelmed me with shrill reproaches, and abased me to the level of a hearth-brush.
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