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abbassare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abase verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
  • 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 someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
  2. verb To physically push or bring something down, or to bend low.
  3. verb To reduce the value of something, especially by changing the metal content of coins.

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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