HUMILIATE


Meaning of HUMILIATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌāt, yü- ]

transitive verb

( -at·ed ; -at·ing )

Etymology: Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, from Latin humilis low — more at humble

Date: circa 1534

: to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : mortify

• hu·mil·i·a·tion -ˌmi-lē-ˈā-shən noun

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