Abase: alternatives and connections

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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of Wind

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman,…

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To manage; to conduct; to treat.

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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

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To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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Vexation; mortification.

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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

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To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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