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Definition of debase

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Debase (a.) To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words..

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Avile :: Avile (v. t.) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.

Romanesque :: Romanesque (a.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th..

Groveling :: Groveling (a.) Lying prone; low; debased.

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

Imbastardize :: Imbastardize (v. t.) To bastardize; to debase.

Abject :: Abject (a.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase..

Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery..

Demean :: Demean (v. t.) To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.

Adulterate :: Adulterate (v. t.) To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc..

Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man..

Shroffage :: Shroffage (n.) The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased..

Villain :: Villain (v. t.) To debase; to degrade.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement..

Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text..

Debasingly :: Debasingly (adv.) In a manner to debase.

Sensualize :: Sensualize (v. t.) To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure..

Debasement :: Debasement (n.) The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

Disbase :: Disbase (v. t.) To debase or degrade.

Profane :: Profane (a.) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.