[əˈbeɪs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)
(e.g: I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’, based on late Latin bassus ‘short of stature’. The spelling has been influenced by base