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debase
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Debase
(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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debase
(wn) | debase
v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn:
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize,
demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate,
deprave, misdirect]
2: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn:
debase, alloy]
3: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients
with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load,
adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase] |
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debased
(encz) | debased,pokažený adj: Zdeněk Broždebased,znehodnocený adj: Zdeněk Broždebased,znehodnotil v: Zdeněk Brož |
debasement
(encz) | debasement,ponížení n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
debaser
(encz) | debaser,znehodnotitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
Debase
(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) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.)
Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted;
reversed.
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Debasement
(gcide) | Debasement \De*base"ment\, n.
The act of debasing or the state of being debased. --Milton.
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Debaser
(gcide) | Debaser \De*bas"er\, n.
One who, or that which, debases.
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Undebased
(gcide) | Undebased \Undebased\
See debased. |
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] |
debasement
(wn) | debasement
n 1: being mixed with extraneous material; the product of
adulterating [syn: adulteration, debasement]
2: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn:
degradation, debasement] |
debaser
(wn) | debaser
n 1: a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as
by adding cheaper metal to coins) [syn: debaser,
degrader] |
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