Both Uses of
abase
in
Middlemarch
- Will reseated himself, feeling some pity which was half contempt for this voluntary self-abasement of an elderly man.†
Chpt 6 *
- He had been prepared for a scene of self-abasement, but his intense pride and his habit of supremacy overpowered penitence, and even dread, when this young man, whom he had meant to benefit, turned on him with the air of a judge.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(abase) treat as if of low worth -- often of self