debase
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Debase, de-bās′, v.t. to lower: to make mean or of less value: to adulterate.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Debase has reference to the bringing down of a thing in purity, or making it base.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Debase love and we can speak of it; let it rush upwards to its apotheosis and we must be dumb.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
Debase your currency, and soon it will cease to pass current.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert
Debase not the dignity of man by imagining for one instant that there is anyone who would lend himself so readily to act the odious part you impute to me.
From Werwolves by O'Donnell, Elliott
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