Definition of "abased" []

• Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of abase. (verb)

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• "My heritage was such that begging was abhorrent to me, yet I did beg in his name and abased myself many times over."
• "And "abased" in the next-to-sentence of my previous post should be "based"."
• "Like Paul, we can still be content when we "abound or are abased", i.e., for better or worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health."