abasedadj.

1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. M.vii^v He meaneth mercyfully to cure and heale my mangled bodye, to repayre myne abased state, to restore my good and wholsome lawes.

1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice i. ii. 57 Pope Julio had endeavoured the re-raising of her much abased condition.

1727 J. Alexander Primitive Doctr. Christ's Divinity ix. 136 This Instance of Humility refer'd wholly to our Saviour's abased State in our Nature.

1782 W. Cowper Retirement in Poems 94 I shrink abas'd, and yet aspire to Thee.

1823 W. Scott Peveril III. vi. 142 It is well he is abased; but if it lies with me, I may humble his pride, but will never ruin his house.

1863 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders (ed. 3) 348 He knew not how to deal with ruffians so abased.

1905 Times 8 Aug. 6/1 Occasion was taken to protest against the erroneous view, too often taken in Europe, as to the abased position of Mahomedan women generally.

1954 W. Faulkner Fable 248 She [sc. Paris] was inviolate and immune to the very iron heel beneath which the rest of France..lay supine and abased.

2005 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 12 Nov. b2 Nora is an abased wife and mother whose capricious, dictatorial husband..has recently been made a bank manager.

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iii. sig. L.ii^v Felice with a countenance abased, and Cheakes dewed with teares.

1648 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple (ed. 2) 54 Now by abased lids shall learne to be Eagles; and shut our Eyes that we may see.

1668 tr. M. Smyth Psalms lxvi. 159 Thou caused'st cruel men to ride O're our abased head.

1754 J. Cennick Simon & Mary 14 How is that Head..abas'd at my Feet?

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 315 With head abased, he laid The arrow in its rest.

1866 J. E. Cooke Surry of Eagle's-nest lxxxii. 293 His forehead sank lower, he crossed both hands upon his breast, and remained thus with abased eyes, until the young lady passed.

1906 S. J. Duncan Set in Authority x. 91 ‘Really, sir—is that the way it stands?’ returned the intelligent Biscuit, wagging an abased tail at the note of correction.

2005 Art Bull. 87 1 The dichotomy between the erect bodies of the heroes and the abased postures of the secondary figures in both scenes alludes to the class distinction that..emerged.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. iii. vi. 288 The small Coynes are now either more abased, or altogether made of brasse.

1886 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 18 Nov. This bag..contains punched, clipped and abased coins, and I am going to New York to sell them for what they will fetch.

2007 B. H. McCoy Living into Leadership iii. viii. 176 The..financial theorem, Gresham's Law, states that abased currency tends to drive out good currency.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. 2 Abased, in Heraldry, is applied to the Vol, or Wings of Eagles, &c., when the Tip, or Angle looks downward toward the Point of the Shield, or when the Wings are shut.

1851 E. J. Millington tr. A. N. Didron Christian Iconography I. ii. 390 In a medallion below the second cross there is an eagle with wings counter-crossed, and in another a falcon with wings abased.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele (1893) II. xiv. 21 The grotesque ornaments..sewn on to the outside, were lions devouring men and beasts, turkey-buzzards with wings abased,..and other symptoms of..heraldry.

1908 A. F. Pimbley Dict. Heraldry 1/1 Abased, this term is used 1. when the wings..instead of being expanded, with their apices pointing outward, either look down toward the point of the shield, or else are shut; 2. when a chevron, fesse or another ordinary is borne lower than its usual situation.

1999 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Apr. 5 A pair of leather trousers, to symbolise the distaff fondness for rock stars, lies abased at the foot of the crest.