Abase :: Abase (a.) To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye..

Abase :: Abase (a.) To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade..

Abased :: Abased (imp. & p. p.) of Abas.

Abased :: Abased (a.) Lowered; humbled.

Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Abasedly :: Abasedly (adv.) Abjectly; downcastly.

Abasement :: Abasement (n.) The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation..

Abaser :: Abaser (n.) He who, or that which, abases..

Base :: Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs..

Base :: Base (a.) Low in place or position.

Base :: Base (a.) Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.

Base :: Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

Base :: Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals..

Base :: Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion..

Base :: Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations..

Base :: Base (a.) Not classical or correct.

Base :: Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin..

Base :: Base (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant..

Base :: Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue..

Base :: Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented..

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration..

Base :: Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support..

Base :: Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids..

Base :: Base (n.) The chief ingredient in a compound.

Base :: Base (n.) A substance used as a mordant.

Base :: Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions..

Base :: Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

Base :: Base (n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms..

Base :: Base (n.) A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base..

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