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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Humble, TX (city, FIPS 35348)
    Location: 29.99470 N, 95.26466 W
    Population (1990): 12060 (5260 housing units)
    Area: 25.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 77338, 77339, 77345, 77346, 77396

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.]
     [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
     ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
     1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
        magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
        cottage.
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              THy humble nest built on the ground.  --Cowley.
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     2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
        self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
        self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
        of God; lowly; waek; modest.
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              God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
              humble.                               --Jas. iv. 6.
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              She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
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              Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
              our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
              nation.                               --Washington.
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     Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
        Mimosa+({Mimosa+sensitiva" rel="nofollow">genus Mimosa ({Mimosa sensitiva).
  
     To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or
        apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
        humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
        entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
        to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
        Humbles. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, a.
     Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Humbling.]
     1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
        exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
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              Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
              plagues
              Have humbled to all strokes.          --Shak.
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              The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
        arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
        meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
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              Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
              God, that he may exalt you.           --1 Pet. v. 6.
  
     Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
          degrade.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, a.
     Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Humbling.]
     1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
        exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
  
              Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
              plagues Have humbled to all strokes.  --Shak.
  
              The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
        arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
        meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
  
              Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
              God, that he may exalt you.           --1 Pet. v. 6.
  
     Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
          degrade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Humble \Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.]
     [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
     ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
     1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
        magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble
        cottage.
  
              THy humble nest built on the ground.  --Cowley.
  
     2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
        self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
        self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
        of God; lowly; waek; modest.
  
              God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
              humble.                               --Jas. iv. 6.
  
              She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
  
              Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
              our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
              nation.                               --Washington.
  
     Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
        Mimosa+({M.+sensitiva" rel="nofollow">genus Mimosa ({M. sensitiva).
  
     To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or
        apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
        humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
        entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
        to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
        Humbles. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  humble
       adj 1: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage";
              "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people";
              "small beginnings" [syn: low, lowly, modest, small]
       2: marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a
          humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing,
          he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"-
          B.K.Malinowski [ant: proud]
       3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: menial,
           lowly]
       4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
          "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or
          lowly) birth" [syn: base, baseborn, lowly]
       v 1: cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
       2: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
          colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate,
           mortify, chagrin, abase]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     Γαλλικά a.
     ταπεινός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     French a.
     (l en humble)
     Old French a.
     (alternative form of fro umble)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Humble
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     a.
     1 Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
     2 Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming;
  modest.
     n.
     (lb en Baltimore slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to
  demean or punish the subject.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence,
  or pride of
     2 (lb en transitive often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make
  less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive chiefly obsolete) To hum.
     n.
     (lb en Northern England Scotland also attributive) (alternative form
  of en hummel).
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) (alternative form of en hummel).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Humble
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     French a.
     (l en humble)
     Old French a.
     (alternative form of fro umble)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Humble
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     French a.
     (l en humble)
     Old French a.
     (alternative form of fro umble)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Humble
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     Ranska a.
     1 nöyrä
     2 vaatimaton

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  humble
     Franska a.
     ödmjuk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Humble /hˈʌmbəl/
  متواضع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  humble //ˈhʌmbəl// //ˈʌmbəl// 
  скро́мен, смире́н
  thinking lowly of oneself

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  humble //ˈhʌmbəl// //ˈʌmbəl// 
  1. унижавам
  to bring low, etc.
  2. смирявам
  to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.