Definitions for debase
dɪˈbeɪsde·base

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

2. debase, alloyverb

   lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

3. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debaseverb

   corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

   "adulterate liquor"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. debaseverb

   To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.

2. debaseverb

   To lower in position or rank.

3. debaseverb

   To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DEBASEverb

   Etymology: from base.

   1. To reduce from a higher to a lower state.

   intended to teach, that pleasure and sensuality debase men into beasts. Notes on the Odyssey.

   As much as you raise silver, you debase gold; for they are in the condition of two things, put in opposite scales; as much as the one rises, the other falls. John Locke.

   2. To make mean; to degenerate; to sink into meanness; to make despicable.

   It is a kind of taking God’s name in vain, to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 30.

   A man of large possessions has not leisure to consider of every slight expence, and will not debase himself to the management of every trifle. Dryden.

   Restraining others, yet himself not free;
   Made impotent by pow’r, debas’d by dignity. Dryden.

   3. To sink; to vitiate with meanness.

   He ought to be careful of not letting his subject debase his style, and betray him into a meanness of expression. Addison.

   4. To adulterate; to lessen in value by base admixtures.

   He reformed the coin, which was much adulterated and debased in the times and troubles of king Stephen. Matthew Hale.

   Words so debas’d and hard, no stone
   Was hard enough to touch them on. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 1.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. debase

   A debasement of coinage is the practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins, especially when used in connection with commodity money, such as gold or silver coins. A coin is said to be debased if the quantity of gold, silver, copper or nickel in the coin is reduced.

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1. debase

   To debase is to reduce the quality, value, or dignity of something or someone, often through corruption, falsification, or by adding inferior elements.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Debaseadjective

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Debase

   de-bās′, v.t. to lower: to make mean or of less value: to adulterate.—adj. Debased′, degraded: (her.) reversed.—n. Debase′ment, degradation.—adj. Debas′ing, tending to lower or degrade.—adv. Debas′ingly. [L. de, down, and base, low.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of debase in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of debase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=debase
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Debase
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=debase
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debase
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debase
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=debase