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A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

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Part of Speech: Noun

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1. To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.

2. To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.

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An' wi' her eyes she coaxed and dared me to abase mysel' an' speak the truth an' win off jail. - "The Delectable Duchy", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.
" But-" He rose and began to remonstrate, anxious to abase himself still further before this angel of a maiden. - "The Green Mummy", Fergus Hume.
It was scarcely possible for human creatures to bestow more adulation, or to abase themselves more thoroughly, than the honest citizens of Brussels had so recently done in honour of the gentle, gouty Ernest, but they did their best. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.

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