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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: abaisser, from Vulgar Latin bassiare 'to lower'

abase

 verb
     
a‧base

abase yourself

to behave in a way that shows you accept that someone has complete power over you
—abasement noun [uncountable]
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