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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: debase (0.00834 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to debase.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: debase memalsukan, menghina, merendahkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: debase debase v 1: 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” [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn: alloy] 3: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; “adulterate liquor” [syn: adulterate, stretch, dilute]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Debase 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. [1913 Webster] The coin which was adulterated and debased. --Hale. [1913 Webster] It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. --Pope. Syn: To abase; degrade. See Abase. [1913 Webster]

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