debased (verb)

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• debase — [[t]dɪbe͟ɪs[/t]] debases, debasing, debased VERB To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. [FORMAL] [V n] The popular debate about environmental issues has debased the meaning of the word ecology... [V n] He said parliament and… …   English dictionary

• deturpate — verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin deturpatus, past participle of deturpare to disfigure, from de from, away + turpare to disfigure, defile, from turpis ugly, foul, shameful more at de , turpitude transitive verb obsolete …   Useful english dictionary

• go to seed — verb a) To pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds. Wild tomatoes, which had gone to seed or been remorselessly hoed out from the beginning of Berande, were foraged for salads, soups, and sauces. b) To deteriorate; to decline… …   Wiktionary

• debase — verb (T) 1 informal to reduce the quality or value of something: a once rational society debased by war and corruption 2 debase yourself to do something that makes other people have less respect for you: women forced to debase themselves by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• debase — verb 1) the moral code has been debased Syn: degrade, devalue, demean, cheapen, prostitute, discredit, drag down, tarnish, blacken, blemish; disgrace, dishonor, shame; damage, harm, undermine …   Thesaurus of popular words

• debase — 1 Debase, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause a person or thing to become impaired and lowered in quality or character and share certain distinctions in implications and connotations with the adjectives (usually participial… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• corrupt — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpere, from com + rumpere to break more at reave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions; also bribe …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Histamenon — of Constantine VIII (r. 1025–1028). Histamenon (Greek: νόμισμα ἱστάμενον, standard coin ) was the name given to the gold Byzantine solidus when the slightly lighter tetarteron was introduced in the 960s. To distinguis …   Wikipedia

• Black Speech — language name=Black Speech creator=J. R. R. Tolkien date=1917–1973 speakers=The peoples of Mordor and NúmenorME fact|date=April 2008, and several hundreds of fans and students around the world. setting= Middle earth fam2=artistic language Orkish… …   Wikipedia

• Gender — This article is about the distinction between male and female entities and concepts. For other uses, see Gender (disambiguation). Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men …   Wikipedia

• base — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. basis, foundation, groundwork, support; basement, substructure; headquarters, depot; root; footing, floor; pavement; bottom; bedrock. v. found, establish; predicate; ground, rest, or build upon. See… …   English dictionary for students