a.
To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
a.
To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
a.
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
adv.
Abjectly; downcastly.
n.
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
n.
He who, or that which, abases.
v. t.
To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.
adv.
In an abashed manner.
n.
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
n.
A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.
a.
Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.
v. t.
To beat down; to overthrow.