degrade

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Degrade, cast down, deface, the image of your Maker in you.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

Demean, Degrade The word demean is often incorrectly used in the sense of degrade, lower.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

Degrade, de-grād′, v.t. to lower in grade or rank: to deprive of office or dignity: to lower in character, value, or position: to disgrace.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Degrade, and throw mud on, the love she has had for him?

From Five Little Plays by Sutro, Alfred

We should, indeed, e'en yet atone For what our reason says we can, But never let remorse's groan Degrade us from our state as man.

From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)