Definitions
1.VerbTo 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.VerbTo lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop."to abase the eye"
3.VerbTo lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.