Webster's 1828 Dictionary"AbaseABA'SE, v.t. [Fr abaisser, from bas, low, or the bottom; W. bais; Latin and Gr. basis; Eng. base; It. Abbassare; Sp. bare, low. See Abash.] The literal sense of abase is to lower or depress, to throw or cast down, as used by Bacon, "to abase the eye."* But the word is seldom … Continue reading Christ in the English Dictionary – Abase →