Both Uses of
debase
in
Emma
- He had gone away rejected and mortified—disappointed in a very sanguine hope, after a series of what appeared to him strong encouragement; and not only losing the right lady, but finding himself debased to the level of a very wrong one.†
Chpt 2.3-4 *
- Such a debasement on his!†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(debase) to degrade (decrease) the purity, quality, or status of something -- often morality or metals