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[əˈbeɪs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)
(e.g: I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’, based on late Latin bassus ‘short of stature’. The spelling has been influenced by base
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