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5-letter words (1 found)

ABASE,

4-letter words (6 found)

ABAS,ASEA,BAAS,BAES,BASE,SABE,

3-letter words (11 found)

AAS,ABA,ABS,BAA,BAE,BAS,BES,EAS,SAB,SAE,SEA,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AB,AE,AS,BA,BE,EA,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from abase according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of abase

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Definitions and meaning of abase

abase

Etymology

From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassiāre (“to lower”)), from a- (“prefix indicating movement towards something”) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). The spelling of the English word has been influenced by base, thus ostensibly analyzable as a- (“towards”) +‎ base. There exist verb cognates in galloromance languages such as Catalan abaixar (“lower; abase”) and Occitan abaissar, and similar word construction in other romance languages as Spanish abajo (“down, downstairs; below”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪs
  • Homophone: abaisse

Verb

abase (third-person singular simple present abases, present participle abasing, simple past and past participle abased)

  1. (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
  2. (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. [from mid 16th – mid 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings): degrade, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, sink
  • (to lower physically): bring down, lower, reduce
  • (to lower in value): downgrade

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings"): aggrandise, dignify, elevate, exalt, extol, honor, promote, raise, uplift

Derived terms

  • abasedly
  • abasement
  • abaser

Related terms

  • abash

Translations

See also

  • base

References

Further reading

  • abase (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “abase”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “abase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Ido

Etymology

From abas +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈba.se/

Interjection

abase

  1. down with

Scots

Verb

abase

  1. Alternative form of abuise

References

  • “abase, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Source: wiktionary.org