abbassare — meaning in English

English meaning

• abase verb 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.
• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• dim adjective Giving off or showing very little light; not bright.
• lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
• subside verb To become calmer, weaker, or less intense over time.

Senses

abbassare is used for these senses in English:

• abase (transitive) 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. [from c. 1350–1470]
• abase (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
• abate To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
• dim (transitive) To make something less bright.
• let down (transitive) To allow to descend.
• pull down (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
• subside (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
• subside (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

abase — full definition

1. verb 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.
2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

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