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debase
(d/I/'b/eI/s )

verb (v)

  • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • lower in value by increasing the base-metal content(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    alloy
    source: wordnet30
  • corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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