verb 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
to abase the eye
verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.