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Meanings of abase in inglés

portugués
humilhar-se
catalán
apocar
español
humillar

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.

humillar
Usage of abase in inglés
1
O my God, the hearts of the wise abase themselves before Thee.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
2
Thou dost exalt whomsoever Thou willest and dost abase whomsoever Thou willest.
Selections From the Writings of the Báb
3
He exalteth whom He will, and whom He will He doth abase.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
4
Render Thy Cause victorious, O my Lord, and abase Thou Thine enemies.
Prayers and Meditations
5
He dropped to his knees like a supplicant preparing to abase himself.
Patient Zero
6
If thou aidest Me not, why dost thou seek to abase Me?
Selections From the Writings of the Báb
7
As abase cost, use 20 Monits per Light-year, modified as shown:
Space Master, GM Book
8
He would leave the good unprotected and exposed to abase from the bad.
The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Ill...
9
Thou hadst intended to abase thyself in her service-andbetrayed her.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
10
Like primitives you think we abase before gods carved in rock?
The Scar
11
Was it to abase the pride of human intellect and genius?
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
12
Beforehand, they denounced that man who should abase himself by compliance.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
13
I can't abase my mind low enough to fathom that man.
Trail's End
14
Thou raisest up whom thou wilt, and whom thou wilt thou dost abase!
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
15
I will never willingly abase myself again, not even for Lans!
A Son of the Hills
16
Each gets what it desires, but the great state must learn to abase itself.
The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
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Abase through the time
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