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basing
(encz) | basing,zakládání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Basing
(gcide) | Base \Base\ (b[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Based (b[=a]sd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Basing.] [From Base, n.]
To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to
found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon.
--Bacon.
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basing
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debasing
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Abasing
(gcide) | Abase \A*base"\ ([.a]*b[=a]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abased
([.a]*b[=a]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Abasing.] [F. abaisser,
LL. abassare, abbassare; ad + bassare, fr. bassus low. See
Base, a.]
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1. To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase
the eye. [Archaic] --Bacon.
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Saying so, he abased his lance. --Shelton.
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2. To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office,
condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to
depress; to humble; to degrade.
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Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. --Luke
xiv. ll.
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Syn: To Abase, Debase, Degrade. These words agree in
the idea of bringing down from a higher to a lower
state. Abase has reference to a bringing down in
condition or feelings; as, to abase the proud, to abase
one's self before God. Debase has reference to the
bringing down of a thing in purity, or making it base.
It is, therefore, always used in a bad sense, as, to
debase the coin of the kingdom, to debase the mind by
vicious indulgence, to debase one's style by coarse or
vulgar expressions. Degrade has reference to a bringing
down from some higher grade or from some standard. Thus,
a priest is degraded from the clerical office. When used
in a moral sense, it denotes a bringing down in
character and just estimation; as, degraded by
intemperance, a degrading employment, etc. "Art is
degraded when it is regarded only as a trade."
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Debasing
(gcide) | Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased; p. pr. & vb.
n. Debasing.] [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf.
Abase.]
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to
deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime;
to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar
words.
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The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale.
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It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase
religion with such frivolous disputes. --Hooker.
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And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope.
Syn: To abase; degrade. See Abase.
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Debasingly
(gcide) | Debasingly \De*bas"ing*ly\, adv.
In a manner to debase.
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Self-abasing
(gcide) | Self-abasing \Self`-a*bas"ing\, a.
Lowering or humbling one's self.
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debasing
(wn) | debasing
adj 1: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor [syn:
debasing, degrading] |
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