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humble2
1 if you are humbled, you realize that you are not as important, good, kind etc as you thought you were : 
You can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.
be humbled
You can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.2 [transitive] to easily defeat someone who is much stronger than you are : The mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small South East Asian country.
The mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small South East Asian country.3 to show that you are not too proud to ask for something, admit you are wrong etc : I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.
humble yourself
I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.
