Both Uses
debase
in
The Thief, by Turner
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- Many of these myths were created by great storytellers centuries ago, and it is inevitable that in the hands of common people they get debased.†
Chpt 5 *debased = degrade (decreased) the purity, quality, or status of something
- "My mother never debased anything in her entire life," I said hotly.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(debase) to degrade (decrease) the purity, quality, or status of something -- often morality or metals
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)