1) abase. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...See synonyms at degrade. Middle English abassen, from Old French abaissier : Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *bassire (from Medieval Latin bassus, low).aˇbasement -NOUN...
2) 64078. Whitman, Walt. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself toyou,And you must not be abased to the other. ATTRIBUTION:Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Song...
3) 45410. Proust, Marcel. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...of the lies inspired by vanity have been expended for their inferiors by people who are only abased by such expenditure. And Swann, who was easygoing and unaffected...
4) 5345. Walter Savage Landor. 1775-1864. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919. Familiar
Quotations, 10th ed.
...the child await Some exclamation of amazement here. She coldly said, her long-lasht eyes abased, Is this the mighty ocean? is this all? That wondrous soul Charoba...
5) 52996. Shakespeare, William. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...humbly in contrast to the Pharisee, showing that "everyone that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."...
6) Matthew 23. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...20.26, 27 ˇ Mk. 9.35 ; 10.43, 44 ˇ Lk. 22.26 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Lk. 14.11 ;...
7) 886. Servility. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
...ADJECTIVE: SERVILE, obsequious; supple, - as a glove; soapy [slang], oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced [colloq.], fawning, slavish, groveling, reptilian,...
8) Luke 14. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...of them that sit at meat with thee. Prov. 25.6, 7 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Mt. 23.12 ˇ Lk....
9) Philippian 4. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed...
10) Luke 18. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Mt. 23.12 ˇ Lk....
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