different between abase vs deject
abase
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassi?re (“to lower”)), from a- (“prefix indicating movement towards something”) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek ?????? (básis, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?em- (“to step”)). The spelling of the English word has been influenced by base.Cognate with Spanish abajo (“down, downstairs; below”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??be?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
abase (third-person singular simple present abases, present participle abasing, simple past and past participle abased)
- (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]
- (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. [from c. 1350–1470]
- (transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. [from mid 16th – mid 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings): degrade, demean, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, sink
- (to lower physically): bring down, lower, reduce
- (to lower in value): downgrade
Antonyms
- (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings): aggrandise, dignify, elevate, exalt, extol, honor, promote, raise, uplift,
Derived terms
- abasedly
- abasement
- abaser
Related terms
- abash
Translations
References
Further reading
- abase (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- abase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- abase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Ido
Etymology
From abas +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?ba.se/
Interjection
abase
- down with
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deject
English
Etymology
From Old French dejeter, from Latin deicere (“to throw down”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
deject (third-person singular simple present dejects, present participle dejecting, simple past and past participle dejected)
- (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 73,[1]
- […] the Thoughts of my Friends, and native Country, and the Improbability of ever seeing them again, made me very melancholy; and dejected me to that Degree, that sometimes I could not forbear indulging my Grief in private, and bursting out into a Flood of Tears.
- 1933 Arthur Melville Jordan: Educational Psychology (page 60) [2]
- On the other hand, there is nothing which dejects school children quite so much as failure.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 73,[1]
- (obsolete, transitive) To cast downward.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge: John Williams, Book 5, Chapter 1, p. 358,[3]
- […] sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge: John Williams, Book 5, Chapter 1, p. 358,[3]
- To debase or humble.
Translations
Noun
deject (plural dejects)
- One who is lowly or abject.
- (usually in the plural) A waste product.
Derived terms
- dejected
- dejection
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