abase

Betekenis (Engels)

To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

vernederen

kleinmaken

verootmoedigen

degraderen

doodmaken

een streep trekken

in discrediet brengen

laten zakken

neerdrukken

neerlaten

neerslachtig maken

neervellen

opduikelen

ten val brengen

terneerdrukken

de moed ontnemen

neerkomen

omkappen

putten uit

moedeloos maken

afdraaien

afgeven op

afkammen

lower oneself

quiten

shoot dead

humble oneself

make a stroke

render abject

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈbeɪs/

From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassiāre (“to lower”)), from a- (“prefix indicating movement towards something”) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). The spelling of the English word has been influenced by base, thus ostensibly analyzable as a- (“towards”) + base. There exist verb cognates in galloromance languages such as Catalan abaixar (“lower; abase”) and Occitan abaissar, and similar word construction in other romance languages as Spanish abajo (“down, downstairs; below”).