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English Dictionary: humbled	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humbled adj subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" Synonym(s): broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Humbling}.] 1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes. --Shak. The genius which humbled six marshals of France. --Macaulay. 2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. --1 Pet. v. 6. Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade.