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1. •
   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.

   • For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shalbe abased: and hee that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted. — 1611
2. •
   (no longer used) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
3. •
   (no longer used) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.