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111sensualize — verb 1. represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture • Syn: ↑carnalize • Hypernyms: ↑represent, ↑interpret • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody …
112nither — I. ˈnithə(r) transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English nitheren, from Old English nitherian; akin to Old High German nideren to lower, debase, Old Norse nithra to lower; all from a prehistoric North Germanic West Germanic verb… …
113de|mean — de|mean1 «dih MEEN», transitive verb. to lower in dignity or standing; humble: »to demean oneself by insulting a friend. The duke s son would not demean himself by working. SYNONYM(S): debase, degrade. ╂[< de down + mean2; patterned on debase] …
114Abject — Ab*ject ([a^]b*j[e^]kt ), v. t. [From {Abject}, a.] To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] Donne. [1913 Webster] …
115Alloy — Al*loy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alloyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alloying}.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See {Alloy}, n., {Ally}, v. t., and cf. {Allay}.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable… …
116Alloyed — Alloy Al*loy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alloyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alloying}.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See {Alloy}, n., {Ally}, v. t., and cf. {Allay}.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable… …
117Alloying — Alloy Al*loy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alloyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alloying}.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See {Alloy}, n., {Ally}, v. t., and cf. {Allay}.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable… …
118Avile — A*vile , v. t. [OF. aviler, F. avilir; a (L. ad) + vil vile. See {Vile}.] To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Want makes us know the price of what we avile. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …
119Base — Base, v. t. [See {Base}, a., and cf. {Abase}.] 1. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If any . . . based his pike. Sir T. North. [1913 Webster] 2. To reduce the value of; to debase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Metals which… …
120Bastardize — Bas tard*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastardized} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bastardizing}.] 1. To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. [1913 Webster] The law is so indulgent as not… …
