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English Dictionary: debased	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for debased
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debased adj mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated, debased] lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency" Synonym(s): debased, devalued, degraded ruined in character or quality Synonym(s): corrupted, debased, vitiated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debased \De*based"\, a. (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debase \De*base"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debasing}.] [Pref. de- + base. See {Base}, a., and cf. {Abase}.] 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. The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. --Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope. Syn: To abase; degrade. See {Abase}.