Read full poem →O ghastly glories of saints, dead limbs of gibbeted Gods!
Though all men abase them before you in spirit, and all knees bend,
I kneel not neither adore you, but standing, look to the end.
Dictionary Entry
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.
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Common Phrases
himself abasethemselves abasemyself abase. abaseitself abaseourselves abase
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Poetry examples for “abase”
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Read full poem →O ghastly glories of saints, dead limbs of gibbeted Gods!
Though all men abase them before you in spirit, and all knees bend,
I kneel not neither adore you, but standing, look to the end.
Read full poem →I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you,
And you must not be abased to the other.