Both Uses of
abase
in
Anna Karenina
- Vronsky felt his elevation and his own abasement, his truth and his own falsehood.†
Part 4 *
- She could never have explained the chain of thought that made her smile; but the last link in it was that her husband, in exalting his brother and abasing himself, was not quite sincere.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(abase) treat as if of low worth -- often of self