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  Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Debasing.] [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf.
     Abase.]
     To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
     dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to
     deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime;
     to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar
     words.
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           The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale.
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           It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase
           religion with such frivolous disputes.   --Hooker.
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           And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope.
  
     Syn: To abase; degrade. See Abase.
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  Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Debasing.] [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf.
     Abase.]
     To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth,
     dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to
     deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime;
     to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar
     words.
  
           The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale.
  
           It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase
           religion with such frivolous disputes.   --Hooker.
  
           And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope.
  
     Syn: To abase; degrade. See Abase.

  debase
       v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
            the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
            accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
            subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt,
             pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,
             profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
       2: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn: alloy]
       3: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
          inferior substance; often by replacing valuable
          ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn:
          adulterate, stretch, dilute]

  debase
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτβ) εξευτελίζω, κάνω κάποιον ή κάτι λιγότερο πολύτιμο ή λιγότερο
  σεβαστό

  debase
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to
  degrade.

  debase
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to
  degrade.

  debase
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to
  degrade.

  debase
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to
  degrade.

  debase
     Englanti vb.
     1 halventaa
     2 ''~ coinage'' alentaa kolikon metallipitoisuutta

  debase
     Engelska vb.
     degradera

  Debase /dɪbˈeɪs/
  خفّض

  debase //dɪˈbeɪs// 
  понижавам, унижавам
  lower in character, etc

  debase /dɪbˈeɪs/
  znehodnotit

  debase /dɪbˈeɪs/
  
  προστυχαίνω

  debase //dɪˈbeɪs// 
  heikentää, huonontaa
  lower in character, etc

  debase /dɪbˈeɪs/ 
  1. घटाना, पदवी~से~उतारना, खोटा~करना, मूल्य~घटाना

  debase /dɪbˈeɪs/
  poniziti, srozati, uniziti

  debase //dɪˈbeɪs// 
  変造する
  lower in character, etc

  debase /dɪˈbeɪs/ 
    obniżać

  debase /dɪbˈeɪs/
  1. kıymetini düşürmek, ayarını bozmak
  2. şeref ve itibarına halel getirmek, tezlil etmek, alçaltmak, indirmek
  3. bozmak. debased coinage içindeki gümüş veya altın miktarı azaltılmış madeni paralar.

  
/dəˈbeɪs/

  154 Moby Thesaurus words for "debase":
     abase, abash, abuse, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, bear down,
     befoul, belittle, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low,
     bring shame upon, brutalize, bump, bust, canker, cast down,
     cast reproach upon, cheapen, coarsen, commercialize, confound,
     contaminate, convert, corrupt, couch, cripple, crush, cry down,
     cut, damage, debauch, debilitate, decry, defalcate, defile,
     deflower, defrock, degenerate, degrade, demean, demoralize, demote,
     denaturalize, denature, deplume, deprave, deprecate, depreciate,
     depress, derogate from, desecrate, despoil, detract from, detrude,
     devalue, dilute, diminish, disable, disapprove of, discredit,
     disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, disparage, displume, distort, divert,
     doctor, doctor up, downbear, downgrade, dump, dump on, embezzle,
     enfeeble, fortify, foul, harm, haul down, hold in contempt, humble,
     humiliate, impair, impute shame to, indent, infect, injure, knock,
     lace, let down, load, lower, make little of, maladminister, mar,
     minimize, misapply, misappropriate, misemploy, mishandle,
     mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pillory, poison,
     pollute, press down, profane, prostitute, pull down, push down,
     put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish, reduce,
     reflect discredit upon, reproach, rot, run down, sap, set down,
     shame, sink, slight, sophisticate, speak ill of, spike, spoil,
     stain, strip of rank, submit to indignity, taint, take down,
     tamper with, thrust down, trip up, twist, ulcerate, undermine,
     unfrock, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down,
     weaken, weight, worsen
  
  

  v. 贬低;

     vt. 贬低,降低