debases

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third-person singular of debase
debase
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade
debase
To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989
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to lower in character or virtue
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{v} to lessen, degrade, sink, adulterate
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{f} humiliate, degrade; reduce the value of a coin by increasing its base-metal content
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To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc
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lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
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To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. Politicians have debased the meaning of the word `freedom' = degrade + debased de·based the debased standards of today's media. to make someone or something lose its value or people's respect
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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"
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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
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