ABASE


Meaning of ABASE in English

v.tr. & refl. humiliate or degrade (another person or oneself).

Derivatives:

abasement n.

Etymology: ME f. OF abaissier (as A-(3), baissier to lower ult. f. LL bassus short of stature): infl. by BASE(2)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.