abased
adjUK /əˈbeɪst/ · US /əˈbeɪst/
Etymology From abase + -ed.
1
Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abased.
2
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Synonym of abaissé.
- The blazon will be - A fess abased potentée of Champagne towards the point. The peculiar potent of Champagne may be seen in Bouton, Nouveau Traité de Blason, p. 199 (Paris, 1863.)1865, Notes and Queries, page 251:
- (G) Azure 3 bells in fess, abased.1913, Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, page 107:
1 more example
- Per fess abased nebuly celeste and gules fimbriated argent throughout a pile azure between two rays in point argent bearing a sword in pale point to base of the like, grip gules, […]1984, Charles A. Ravenstein, Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947-1977, page 113:
- Derived terms
- abasedly, abasedness, self-abased, unabased