Both Uses of
abase
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Indubitably in consequence of the reiterated examples of poets in the delirium of the frenzy of attachment or in the abasement of rejection invoking ardent sympathetic constellations or the frigidity of the satellite of their planet.†
Chpt 17
- A silent contemplation: a tentative velation: a gradual abasement: a solicitous aversion: a proximate erection.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(abase) treat as if of low worth -- often of self