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debased
(encz) | debased,pokažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
debased
(encz) | debased,znehodnocený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
debased
(encz) | debased,znehodnotil v: Zdeněk Brož |
Debased
(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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Debased
(gcide) | Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.)
Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted;
reversed.
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debased
(wn) | debased
adj 1: mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated,
debased]
2: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"
[syn: debased, devalued, degraded]
3: ruined in character or quality [syn: corrupted, debased,
vitiated] |
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